Azerbaijan will increase the production of grain in 2016. Some 2.9 million tons of grain were produced in Azerbaijan in 2015. Some 1.7 million tons of this volume accounted for wheat.
The current year is extremely favorable for the productivity of agricultural lands. If no emergency situation occurs until late 2016, we are planning to get agricultural products by a few percent more than in 2015.
The agricultural production volume in actual prices amounted to 1.34 billion manat in Azerbaijan in January-May 2016 or by 5.8 percent more compared to the same period of 2015.
According to the Azerbaijani State Statistics Committee’s report, the livestock production increased by 3.3 percent, crop production - by 24 percent for this period.
The sowing of spring plants completed in the country for the reporting period.
As of June 1, 2016, some 359,600 hectares were sown, which is 2.7 percent more than in the same period of 2015.
Some 23,200 hectares accounted for cereals and legumes (excluding maize), 35,400 hectares - maize (including 34,400 hectares - fodder), 60,800 hectares - potatoes, 71,200 hectares - vegetables, 25,100 hectares - melons and gourds, 50,900 hectares - cotton, 6,800 hectares - sugar beet, 7,500 hectares - sunflower, 2,100 hectares - tobacco, 72,100 hectares - perennial plants, 2,200 hectares - annual plants, 165 hectares - edible roots and 2.1 hectares - other plants since the beginning of the season.
Sowing of spring plants in agriculture of Azerbaijan, ha
|
2016 |
2015 |
2016/2015, % |
|
|
Planted in total |
359556,5 |
349947,8 |
102,7 |
|
including- Cereals and legumes |
23201,9 |
27877,6 |
83,2 |
|
Of them - wheat |
1147,4 |
164,0 |
7,0 times |
|
-oats |
2088,0 |
1809,0 |
115,4 |
|
- barley |
2268,3 |
1142,8 |
198,5 |
|
corn |
35351,8 |
36160,2 |
97,8 |
|
cotton |
50901,4 |
18278,0 |
2,8 times |
|
sunflower |
7519,0 |
9906,0 |
75,9 |
|
tobacco |
2134,5 |
1295,0 |
164,8 |
|
potato |
60792,9 |
60588,1 |
100,3 |
|
Sugar beet (for processing) |
6757,5 |
4898,8 |
137,9 |
|
Vegetables |
71227,4 |
75052,7 |
94,9 |
|
Melons and gourds |
25128,1 |
27207,3 |
92,4 |
|
Edible roots |
165,0 |
133,0 |
124,1 |
|
Annual plants |
2228,0 |
3440,5 |
64,8 |
|
Perennial plants |
72064,5 |
82999,4 |
86,8 |
|
Other plants |
2084,5 |
2111,2 |
98,7 |
Source: State Statistics Committee
The agricultural products were gathered for the reporting period. As of June 1, some 78,000 tons of cereals and leguminous crops except for maize were gathered (6.2 times growth), 55,600 tons accounted for potatoes (1.9 percent decrease), 100,600 tons - vegetables (15.9 percent growth), 11,300 tons - fruits and berries (16.5 percent growth) and 404.3 tons - tea (60.6 percent growth).
Some 183,600 tons of meat in live weight, 813,800 tons of milk, 694.6 million pieces of eggs were produced for the reporting period. Meat production increased by 2.7 percent, milk - by 3.5 percent, eggs by 5.4 percent, wool – 1.7 percent in the country compared to January-May 2015.
Livestock products, thousand tons
|
Products |
2016 |
2015 |
|
Meat (live weight) |
183,6 |
178,9 |
|
Milk |
813,8 |
786,1 |
|
Eggs, million pieces |
694,6 |
658,8 |
Source: State Statistics Committee