On June 10, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov held a working meeting with the participation of Deputy Prime Minister T. Atahalliyev and velayat hyakims, at which the progress of seasonal field work in the country was reviewed.
At the meeting, reports were heard on the progress of field work from the hyakims: Ahal velayat R. Hojagulyev, Balkan velayat H. Ashyrmyradov, Dashoguz velayat S. Soltanmyradov, Lebap velayat Sh. Amangeldiyev, Mary velayat B. Orazov.
Then Deputy Prime Minister T. Atahalliyev reported on the pace of agricultural campaigns in the country.
He noted that with the blessing of President Serdar Berdimuhamedov, the wheat harvest began in Ahal, Lebap and Mary velayats, proper work is being carried out to collect grain and uninterrupted transportation of the harvest to receiving points.
In areas sown with cotton, appropriate care is carried out, in particular, inter-row cultivation, weeding, thinning, fertilizing with mineral fertilizers and vegetative watering.
In the regions of the country, the necessary work is being carried out to grow potatoes and other vegetable and melon crops, as well as to provide the population with these products in full. Currently, caring for these crops, harvesting the grown crops, and delivering these products to markets continue on the agricultural areas.
In Dashoguz velayat, rice sowing is at the final stage, measures are being taken for further proper care of the crops, and in Lebap velayat, preparations are in full swing for the start of sowing this crop.
In Mary velayat, work is underway to prepare areas for sowing sugar beets - plowing and land leveling.
Addressing the participants of the working meeting, the head of state noted that the wheat harvest has begun in the Ahal, Mary and Lebap velayats, and it is just yet to begin in the Balkan and Dashoguz velayats, and ordered to keep the grain harvest in sight in the shortest possible time and without losses, as well as proper care of crops.
In conclusion, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov wished the participants of the working meeting success in solving the assigned important tasks, reports the State News Agency of Turkmenistan.
