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Cotton sowing started in four velayats of Turkmenistan

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Cotton planting has started in Turkmenistan today. The cotton growers of Ahal, Balkan, Lebap and Mary velayats were the first to embark on this important agricultural campaign. A little later - on March 31 - farmers of the Dashoguz velayat will join them.

According to the State News Agency of Turkmenistan, according to the good folk tradition, the venerable elders blessed the beginning of sowing. Having raised a prayer to the Almighty for the welfare and prosperity of the Motherland, the Turkmen people, the leader of the nation, they threw the first cotton seeds into the ground, and then gave way to machine operators.

Cotton growing is one of the leading sectors of the domestic agro-industrial complex, providing a significant contribution to the implementation of government programs in the field of import substitution and increasing the country's export potential. Last year, the masters of “white gold” exceeded their contractual obligations, having handed over to the harman of the Motherland over 1 million 250 thousand tons of raw cotton.

In accordance with the Resolution of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, this year 620 thousand hectares of sown areas have been allocated for cotton. Private producers of agricultural products will also participate in the cultivation of this crop, having received plots from a special agricultural land fund.

In the whole country it is planned to collect 1 million 250 thousand tons of “white gold”, including 280 thousand tons in Ahal velayat, 10 thousand tons in Balkan velayat, 275 thousand tons in Dashoguz velayat, 320 thousand tons in Lebap velayat, Mary velayat - 365 thousand tons.

By the beginning of sowing, selected cotton seeds have been prepared, medium-fiber varieties of which are traditionally cultivated in all regions of the country.

This year's campaign will involve more than 7,600 tractors of various brands, over 1,700 seeders, more than 5,500 cotton cultivators and other agricultural units that ensure uninterrupted sowing, as well as the implementation of subsequent agrotechnical measures. In the etraps, 436 teams were created, consisting of mechanics-repairmen and adjusters, these groups are provided with mobile workshops, welding machines and vehicles for the transportation of fuel.

New equipment, which has arrived in the country, will be brought to the fields, in particular, seeders and tractors equipped with a telematic digital electronic system, purchased from the world leader in agricultural machinery - the John Deere company.

On behalf of the leader of the nation Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, the necessary conditions for round-the-clock service of equipment, work and good rest for machine operators and other participants in the sowing campaign have been created on the ground.

375 biological laboratories operating on the territory of etraps and farmers' associations are preparing for the new agricultural season, which will provide farmers with ecologically clean and economically beneficial biological products used against cotton pests.

Within the framework of the celebrations on the occasion of the beginning of the sowing campaign, exhibitions of agricultural machinery and products of processing enterprises of the agro-industrial complex of Turkmenistan were organized. Musical and folklore-choreographic groups of the velayats prepared creative gifts for cotton growers.

Earlier we reported that cotton sowing in Turkmenistan will start on March 24.

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