On March 25, cotton growers of Mary, Lebap, Balkan, and Akhal velayats started sowing cotton, and later - on March 29 - Daihanes of Dashoguz region will join them, the newspaper "Neutral Turkmenistan" reports with reference to the State Information Agency.
Last year, the plan for "white gold" was overfulfilled - over 1 million 50 thousand tons of cotton was delivered to the state harman. This year it is planned to harvest 1 million 250 thousand tons of cotton, including 280 thousand tons in Akhal velayat, 10 thousand tons in Balkan velayat, 275 thousand tons in Dashoguz velayat, 320 thousand tons in Lebap velayat and 365 thousand tons in Mary velayat.
This year, the area under cotton cultivation has been expanded to 620 thousand hectares. The corresponding decree was signed by President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, who pays great attention to the development of the country's agro-industrial sector. Significant funds are allocated for the irrigation of farmland, modernization of the cotton-cleaning industry, construction and commissioning of new textile enterprises.
In the new sowing year the newest equipment will be brought to the fields - seeders and tractors equipped with telematic digital electronic system from the famous American company "John Deere".
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