According to EastFruit experts from Tajikistan, due to climate change and abnormally warm weather in the southern regions of the country in October, November and December, almond trees have recently blossomed in the Khatlon region. A similar anomaly is observed in other regions of southern Tajikistan, bordering Afghanistan. Since the weather is warm, bees actively collect nectar, since almonds are a very good honey plant.
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However, no one is happy about this development of events, since it is highly likely that in 2022 there will be no almond harvest in the southern regions of Tajikistan. See also: California experience of growing almonds - profitability, technologies, varieties, irrigation, harvesting equipment, revision (video) “In winter, frosts are almost inevitable - they happen every year. This means that the harvest of almonds on trees that have bloomed will most likely be lost, ”says Bakhtiyor Abduvokhidov, an international consultant to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), who shared photos of almonds blooming on December 26, 2021. Recall that in 2020, Tajikistan suffered from two waves of frost amid abnormally warm weather in February, which led to the loss of a significant part of the harvest of early varieties of sweet cherry, apricot and almond. This has led to a sharp rise in dried fruit prices ...
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