Agricultural enterprises, private entrepreneurs and households have been engaged in spring field work in Azerbaijan since January 2017.
For this purpose, agrotechnical measures are carried out on the fields and the necessary agricultural machinery is used.
The agricultural production volume in actual prices amounted to 744 million manat in Azerbaijan in January-March 2017 compared to 643.6 million manat in January-March 2016 (a 3.5 percent growth).
According to the Azerbaijani State Statistics Committee’s report, the crop production increased by 24.6 percent and reached 17.4 million manat, livestock production – 3 percent and reached 726.6 million manat in the reporting period.
The process of sowing spring crops began during the reporting period.
As of April 1, 2017, some 105,200 hectares were sown.
In particular, 13,300 hectares of cereals and leguminous plants (except corn), 1,700 hectares of corn, 27,100 hectares of potatoes, 23,000 hectares of vegetables, 4,000 hectares of melons and gourds, 6,800 hectares of sugar beet, 2,700 hectares of sunflower, 1,600 hectares of cotton and 26,100 hectares of permanent plants were sown.
Sowing of spring plants in Azerbaijani agriculture, ha
|
2017 |
2016 |
2017/2016, % |
|
|
Planted in total |
105154,8 |
119988,2 |
87,6 |
|
cereals and legumes |
11571,9 |
8514,9 |
65,1 |
|
including wheat |
1506,9 |
190,4 |
7,9 times |
|
oats |
1595,8 |
1124,0 |
142,0 |
|
corn |
1735,5 |
1926,0 |
90,1 |
|
cotton |
1562,0 |
1202,0 |
130,0 |
|
sunflower |
2635,3 |
1251,0 |
2,1 times |
|
potato |
27122,8 |
27961,1 |
97,0 |
|
sugar beet (for processing) |
6805,6 |
3578,0 |
190,2 |
|
vegetables |
23012,1 |
25414,0 |
90,5 |
|
melons and gourds |
3995,0 |
4814,8 |
83,0 |
|
annual plants |
403,0 |
334,5 |
120,5 |
|
permanent plants |
26128,6 |
44988,4 |
58,1 |
|
other plants |
183,0 |
3,5 |
52,3 times |
According to the report, 22,700 tons of vegetables were produced in January-March 2017, which is by 50 percent more than in the same period of 2016.
So, 115,400 tons of meat in live weight, 450,500 tons of milk, 425.8 million pieces of eggs were produced in the country in January-March 2017.
Meat production increased by 3.2 percent, milk production by 2.2 percent, egg production - by 4.6 percent in January-March 2017 compared to January-March 2016.
During the reporting period, 2,006,800 heads accounted for cattle, 1,300,800 of which - cows and bulls, 8,785,500 - sheep and goats.
Some 190.9 million eggs were produced in poultry factories in January-March 2017 compared to 182.1 million eggs in the same period of 2016 and 19,100 tons of poultry meat compared to 12,800 tons in the same period of 2016.
The timely zootechnic and veterinary measures, as well as the work aimed at improving the cattle breeds had a positive impact on the dynamic development of livestock.
Livestock products, thousand tons
|
Products |
2017 |
2016 |
|
Meat (live weight) |
115,4 |
111,8 |
|
Milk |
450,5 |
440,9 |
|
Eggs, thousand tons |
425,8 |
407 |
Source: State Statistics Committee