Kazakhstan: Agrarians of the Kyzylorda region harvested 500 thousand tons of rice with an average yield of 60 c / ha

In Kyzylorda oblast, about 84 thousand hectares were sown with rice this year. On average, farmers harvested 60 quintals of white grain from each hectare. This was reported by the Khabar 24 news agency. As noted in the regional Department of Agriculture, due to low water and drought in the current season, a real battle for the harvest unfolded. To provide rice crops with irrigation water, main canals were cleaned everywhere, high-power pumps were installed to reuse the discharged water. In addition, drip irrigation methods were introduced on the farms. Thanks to the measures taken, it was possible to harvest the crop without losses, namely, 500 thousand tons. According to the agrarian department, today the average price for rice in the region is 222 tenge per kilogram. Rice groats are exported to the CIS countries, as well as to Mongolia and Iraq. “Rice sowing this year has been reduced in the region by 6 thousand hectares. At the same time, instead of him, we ...