Farmers are satisfied with the received seeds of the strengthening resilience of the agriculture sector project

This year, with the support of the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan, the State Institution “Agriculture Entrepreneurship Development” within the framework of the Strengthening Resilience of the Agriculture Sector Project provided seed farms of cities and districts of Sughd region with three types of high-quality seeds of the elite group Lodos, Perla-S and Arya with the addition of mineral fertilizers.

Farmers highly appreciated this support of the State Institution “Agriculture Entrepreneurship Development” and this year began sowing cotton on an area of 1080 hectares (Lodos 876 hectares, Perla-With 72 hectares and Arya-132 hectares).

The obtained varieties have proven themselves and meet agrotechnical requirements of cultivation, are high-yielding and adapted to climatic conditions and changes. These varieties have many advantages over local varieties, with yields ranging from 21 to 35 c/ha.

Today, farmers carry out the first cotton harvest, from statistical data it turns out that the yield corresponding to the varieties: Lodos-21-35 S/ha, Perla-S is from 21 to 28 S/ha, and Arya-from 20 to 26 s/ha.

Currently, cotton harvesting continues. Farmers intend to effectively use the favorable autumn weather for harvesting without losses.