Tajikistan: Lemon harvest has grown, prices have soared

Lemon growers in the Vakhsh Valley (Tajikistan) harvested a high harvest of citrus fruits this year, farmers are also satisfied with the price - the price of lemons and demand have increased compared to last year. Khokim Azimov, a resident of the Jaykhun district, an agricultural region of the Khatlon region with a hot climate, where most of the residents successfully grow lemons, grew 600 lemon seedlings in several greenhouses. According to Radio Ozodi, the farmer has already sold most of this year’s harvest, and is now waiting for new buyers. The khokim hopes to receive a good income this year. “Last year the price of lemon was from 3.5 to 4 somoni per kilogram, not higher. This year the price has increased to 15-16 somoni, there is good demand for citrus fruits from abroad,” the interlocutor noted. According to lemon growers, last year there was also a large harvest, but export demand was not as high as this year, and there was an oversupply of lemons in local markets, which ...