Winter cabbage harvest in Dagestan, Russia

Dagestan is a key producer of cabbage in our country. For example, in 2020, about 700 thousand tons of cabbage were produced in our republic, which is 26.3% of the total production in the Russian Federation or 90.5% in the North Caucasus Federal District. We are followed by the Moscow region (122 thousand tons), the Republic of Mari El (101 thousand tons), Voronezh (86 thousand tons) and Volgograd (70 thousand tons) regions. Inside the republic, the cultivation of cabbage is mainly concentrated in the Levashinsky district, where about 350 thousand tons are grown annually. Significant volumes are also produced in the Akushinsky, Buynaksky and Derbent regions. The average yield per hectare of a cabbage field in Dagestan is 550 centners, while the national average is 352 centners per hectare. Another feature of Dagestan is that in the south of the republic this crop can be grown almost all year round. In particular, white cabbage is being harvested these days in the village of ...