BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 9. Turkmenistan plans to sow 17,500 hectares of land in Sarahs district of the Ahal region of the country with cotton this year, Trend reports with reference to the Turkmen media.
This season it is planned to harvest more than 36,300 tons of cotton from the sown areas of this district.
In general, it is planned to sow 135,000 hectares of land in the Ahal region this year, from which 280,000 tons of cotton are expected to be harvested.
At the moment, the specialists of the district maintenance enterprise are organizing the repair of equipment, as well as conducting a technical inspection of tractors, to which the necessary equipment will be attached at this time.
Agriculture in Turkmenistan is one of the most important branches of the economy. The main types of agricultural crops grown on the territory of Turkmenistan are wheat, cotton, rice, sugar beet, fodder, vegetable, melon, fruit and berry crops.