BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 14. It is
essential to introduce new irrigation applied sciences in Azerbaijan’s
agriculture, Chairman of the Agrarian Policy Committee of
Azerbaijan’s parliament Tahir Rzayev stated at as we speak’s assembly of the
committee, Trend
reviews.
Rzayev famous that in the summertime months, there are
critical issues with watering cotton and different agricultural
lands.
“If earlier cotton was cultivated on 40,000-50,000
hectares, now it’s cultivated on greater than 100,000 hectares. In
addition, the cultivation of different agricultural crops has additionally
elevated. One million hectares are sown with grain,” he stated.
“The downside is that we waste water as a result of irrigation
know-how is just not utilized in agriculture. In this regard, new
irrigation applied sciences must be launched,” he stated.
Meanwhile, Azerbaijan’s agricultural output in present
costs amounted to 456.2 million manat ($268.35 million) in January
2023, up by 3.3 % in comparison with January 2022.
The livestock manufacturing elevated by 3.4 %, up
to 433.1 million manat ($254.7 million), whereas crop manufacturing
worth reached 23.1 million manat ($13.5 million), rising by 2
%.
Some 1.064 million hectares have been sown with winter
crops for the harvest of 2023, together with wheat – 664,000 hectares
(62.4 %), barley – 400,000 hectares (37.59 %), and rye
– 100 hectares (0.01 %).
