BAKU, Azerbaijan, Dec. 16
By Fidan Babayeva – Trend:
The cotton yield in Azerbaijan has increased since the beginning of 2020, Trend reports citing the Azerbaijan Industrial Corporation (AIC).
In Agjabadi, one of the largest cotton-growing districts of the country, 37,612 tons of cotton have been harvested from the fields, the AIC message said.
According to the data, in 2020, cotton was grown on an area of 10,689 hectares in this area on the basis of contracts with Azerpambig LLC, MKT Production Commercial LLC, and P-Agro LLC.
“More than 100 tons of crops are harvested from the fields every day. The yield per hectare is 35.1 centners. Cotton production increased by 5,513 tons, and the average yield - by 4.49 centners per hectare,” said the AIC.
In 2019, 32,990 tons of products were grown in the Agjabadi on an area of 10,452 hectares, the average yield was 30.7 centners per hectare.
In September 2020, the reconstruction of the Azerpambig LLC cotton processing plant, located in the Agjabadi district, was completed.
The reconstruction of the plant began in 2019 with the aim of increasing production capacity and bringing daily processing to 200 tons.