Turkmenistan to sow cotton on 545,000 hectares in 2014

摘要

Turkmenistan will sow cotton on 545,000 hectares of land to achieve the planned production of 1.05mn tonnes of cotton in 2014, according to the Ministry of Agriculture. The country's President has assigned the job of cotton sowing and harvesting tools jointly to the Ministry of Agriculture, Turkmenpagta state concern and governors of Akhal, Dashoguz, Lebap and Mary provinces. The plan, which is a part of the president's programme of socio-economic development of the country in 2012-2016, advises rational use of land, water, agricultural machinery and mineral fertilisers as well as further increase of the cotton production volumes on the basis of control of the high quality of land treatment.