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Turkmenistan to expand potato acreage

Fresh Common Potato
Turkmenistan
Published Dec 23, 2021

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Experts from the agricultural sector and regional authorities in Turkmenistan have elaborated proposals to reduce cotton acreage by 40,000 hectares in favor of the cultivation of potatoes, vegetables and melons. Previously, 620,000 hectares in Turkmenistan were earmarked for cotton, from which 1,250,000 tons of raw cotton were extracted. And 55,550 hectares were set aside for growing potatoes, vegetables and melons.

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The President of Turkmenistan has ordered the leadership of the parliament to modernize legislation in the agricultural sector. He also sent Deputy Prime Minister Serdar Berdimuhamedov on a business trip to check the ...
Source: AGF
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