Farmers of Dashoguz province of Turkmenistan plan to harvest more than 120 thousand tons of potatoes

This year, farmers of Dashoguz province planted potatoes on an area of eight thousand eight hundred hectares and have already started the harvesting season. This is reported by the Internet publication "Turkmenistan: Golden Age".

The record-breaker of velayat in terms of production is Akdepin etrap, which plans to harvest over forty thousand tons of potatoes. Another large producer of potatoes is Shavat etrap, where almost two thousand hectares are allocated for planting this crop.

This season, most local farmers have chosen Dutch early variety seeds, which are unpretentious in care and resistant to diseases. They are well suited to local soil and climatic conditions and have high yields.

In general, the farmers of velayat have pledged to harvest more than one hundred twenty thousand tons of potatoes.