BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 27. The area of cultivated land for sugar beet in the Balkan region in the west of Turkmenistan has been announced, Trend reports citing the Turkmenistan Golden Age online newspaper.
This year, 3,000 hectares were sown in the region, from which it is planned to harvest 24,000 tons of sugar beet.
A significant part of the fields were sown in the Serdar district of the Balkan region. This year, 1,600 hectares were sown in the district, from which it is planned to harvest 12,800 tons of sugar beet.
At the moment, the care of the fields continues according to the norms of agricultural technology.
Turkmenistan provides targeted support for the development of the agricultural sector in the country. In particular, the entire production infrastructure of the agro-industrial complex is being re-equipped and modernized, the chemical industry is developing, and modern tractors combines and other equipment are being purchased.