The area under strawberries is increased annually in the Zhambyl region of Kazakhstan

TARAZ. KAZINFORM - Harvesting in the fields of Zhambyl region is nearing completion. Now farmers are harvesting sugar beet, completing the collection of fruits and vegetables and berries, Kazinform correspondent reports. As reported in the press service of the head of the region, akim of the Zhambyl region Nurzhan Nurzhigitov, during his working trip to the Merken district, visited peasant farms engaged in the cultivation of berry products. Now there is still a harvest of remontant strawberry varieties, which give a high-quality harvest, while the bulk of the strawberries have already “departed”. This year, Albion strawberries were planted on 10 hectares in the Zhemis-Zhidek farm of the Zhambyl rural district, and a drip irrigation system is actively used here. All these agricultural works for a total amount of 90 million tenge are carried out by the farm at its own expense. In addition to strawberries, the farm intends to grow and export raspberries on 10 hectares, since the ...