Agriculture in Azerbaijan (January-August 2017)

The agricultural production volume in actual prices amounted to 4.4 billion manat in Azerbaijan in January-August 2017, which is by 1.7 percent more than in January-August 2016.

According to the Azerbaijani State Statistics Committee’s report, the crop production increased by 2.5 percent, while livestock production – 0.9 percent in the reporting period.

Plant growing

The spring crops were also sown in the country in August.

So, almost 2.7 million tons of grain and leguminous crops were harvested from a 935,500-hectare-area (99.4 percent of the total sown area) in January-August 2017. The average yield was 28.6 centners per hectare.

According to the report, as of September 1, 707,500 tons of potatoes were harvested (a decrease of 3.7 percent for the year), 1,057.6 million tons of vegetables (an increase of 7.3 percent), 400,800 tons of melons and gourds (a decrease of 7.9 percent), 359,300 tons of fruits and berries (an increase of 1.1 percent), 37,700 tons of grapes (an increase of 9.3 percent), 506.5 tons of green tea (a decrease of 31.4 percent), 465.5 tons of cotton (sevenfold growth), 61,800 tons of sugar beet (an increase of 71.6 times), 27,900 tons of sunflower (double growth) and 2,900 tons of tobacco (an increase of 13.3 percent).

At the same time, the productivity of this product has increased. Thus, the average potato yield increased by two centners (up to 150 centners), vegetables by 22 centners (up to 170 centners), melons and gourds - by seven centners (up to 176 centners).

Cattle breeding

So, 312,600 tons of meat in live weight, 1.35 million tons of milk, 1.15 billion pieces of eggs and 15,400 tons of wool were produced in the country in January-August 2017.

Meat production increased by 2.4 percent, milk production by 1.3 percent, egg production - by 7.6 percent, while wool production decreased by 3.5 percent in January-August 2017 compared to January-August 2016.

Moreover, during the reporting period, the country also produced 245.2 tons of cocoons.

Production of livestock products, 1,000 tons