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Agriculture in Azerbaijan (January-March 2015)

Analysis Materials 13 May 2015 14:44 (UTC +04:00)

2015 has been declared as the Year of Agriculture in Azerbaijan.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree on additional measures to strengthen state support for agricultural development in March. According to the decree, the State Seed Fund will be established under the Ministry of Agriculture.

The volume of agricultural production in Azerbaijan in actual prices amounted to 629.3 million manat in January-March 2015 or by 3.4 percent more compared to the same period of last year.

According to the Azerbaijani State Statistics Committee's report as of three months, during this period the livestock production increased by 3.3 percent, crop production - by 5.9 percent.

Plant cultivation

The agricultural enterprises, private entrepreneurs, households have started spring field work in Azerbaijan since January. The agro-technical measures are carried out and the necessary agricultural machinery is ensured. As of April 1, 2015, the crop covered an area of ​​116,800 hectares in Azerbaijan, which is by 2.7 percent less than in the same period of last year.

Some ​​28,300 hectares of the total cultivated area accounted for the perennial plants, 11,000 hectares - potatoes, 7,300 hectares - vegetables, 1,030 hectares - cereals and legumes.

Thus, some 46,500 hectares of land were planted with perennials, 28,800 hectares - potatoes, 25,100 hectares - vegetables, 10,600 hectares - cereals and legumes, 3,200 hectares - melons and gourds, 1,700 hectares - sugar beet, 774 hectares - sunflower, 64 hectares - cotton.

The area planted with wheat increased by 78.6 percent, barley - 47.4 percent compared to the same period of last year. The area planted with potatoes decreased by 2.2 percent, cotton - by 8.6 percent, melons - by 11.6 percent.

Spring plants planted in Azerbaijani agriculture, ha

2015

Jan.-March

2014

Jan.-March

2015/2014, %

Planted in total

116785

120032

97,3

Including -

Cereals and leguminous

7535

8146

92,5

Of them - wheat

25

14

178,6

-oats

1092

741

147,4

Corn

3026

3154

95,9

Cotton

64

70

91,4

Sunflower

774

2068

37,4

Potato

28811

29452

97,8

Sugar beet (for processing)

1732

1765

98,3

Vegetables

25063

25053

100,0

Melons and gourds

3226

3650

88,4

Annual plants

531

477

111,4

Perennial plants

46016

46192

99,6

Source: Azerbaijani State Statistics Committee

Cattle breeding

So, the production of meat hit 109,800 metric tons, milk - 426,900 metric tons, 390.1 million eggs in January-March 2015.

Meat production increased by 2.5 percent, milk - by 4.3 percent, eggs - by 5.1 percent in the country during this period of the year compared to January-March 2014.

There were 2,701,900 head of cattle, including 1,298,400 cows and buffaloes, 8,784,400 sheep and goats, 6,800 pigs in the Azerbaijani livestock sector as of April 2014. The number of cows and buffaloes increased by 0.2 percent, sheep and goats - by 1.6 percent, pigs - 10.3 percent compared to 2014.

The timely veterinary measures, as well as the work towards improving the productive quality of the cattle breed had a positive impact on the dynamic development of livestock.

Production of meat, milk and eggs, tons

products

2015

2014

meat (live weight)

109812

107134

milk

426943

409417

eggs, thousand pieces

390122

371337

Source: Azerbaijani State Statistics Committee

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