Cotton sowing area increases in eastern Turkmenistan

In the eastern region of Turkmenistan, agricultural enterprises are working on increasing the area of cotton planting up to 130 thousand hectares. This is reported by the Internet publication Vestiabad.ru

Fertilizer application has already started in Lebap velayat - 19 thousand tons of phosphorus fertilizers have been distributed on the area of 95 thousand hectares. Thus, more than 200 kg of fertilizers per hectare. It is noted that all farms in the eastern region of Turkmenistan are provided with the necessary amount of mineral fertilizers.

Soil feeding with fertilizers has already been completed in Dyanev and Khalacha etraps, and in Chardjev and Darganat etraps is at the final stage. Collection of wash water is also underway. At present, it was possible to catch water on more than 25 thousand hectares.