Avesta.Tj | 02/20/2023 | The forecast plan for the cotton sowing area for the current year 2023 is 186,000 hectares, the Ministry of Agriculture of Tajikistan reported.
According to the source, the same area was allotted for cotton sowing in 2022, however, cotton was actually sown on an area of 181.5 thousand hectares
In 2021, 405 thousand 911 tons of cotton were harvested in the country, the average yield per hectare was 23.3 centners. In 2022, 404 thousand 655 tons of raw cotton were harvested in the republic.
Cotton is one of the main export products of Tajikistan. Cotton-growing regions are Khatlon, Sughd regions and valley regions of republican subordination.
source: avesta