Tajikistan: Realities of the Tajik persimmon market - 20 kg of fruits for 1 dollar?

More than 300 centners of high-quality persimmon were harvested from 1 hectare of a young garden by specialists from the Sughd branch of the Institute of Horticulture and Viticulture of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences of Tajikistan. In the Bobojon Gafurov District, in an experimental garden, they grow local varieties of persimmon "Kulchakhurmo", "Serhosili Vakhsh", "Bolazzati dehmoi", "Peshpazi shirin". Persimmon began to be cultivated in Tajikistan only in the early 60s of the last century. The first gardens were laid out in central and southern Tajikistan. Gradually, this culture began to spread to other regions. In the Sughd region, the first persimmon gardens appeared only 50 years ago, and since then their area has been steadily growing. Today, in enterprises of various forms of management of the region, persimmon orchards occupy more than 300 hectares. In addition to the aforementioned persimmon varieties, more than a dozen different varieties of this fruit are grown in ...