On November 9, the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov held a working meeting on the digital system, attended by the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers Tangryguly Atahallyyev and the governors of the regions. The meeting reviewed the pace of work in the agricultural complex and in the regions of the country.

The governors reported on the progress of the current seasonal field campaigns in the regions.

As reported, cotton harvesting to the last boll is continuing there at present. The harvested crop is being transported without interruption to receiving points and cotton-ginning enterprises.

On the areas sown with wheat in the regions, care is being provided in accordance with agrotechnical standards, in particular vegetation irrigation to obtain seedlings.

Alongside this, work is under way to care for autumn potatoes, vegetables, melons and gourds, and other food crops, as well as to harvest the grown crops.

In addition, a report was made on the progress of construction of social, cultural and industrial facilities scheduled to be commissioned in the regions this year in accordance with the country’s socio-economic development programs.

Having heard the reports, Arkadagly Hero-Serdar instructed the governors to ensure strict control over harvesting the cotton crop without losses and accelerating the pace of the harvest campaign, as well as over compliance with the deadlines for completing wheat sowing and care of the fields where seedlings have emerged.

The Head of State also ordered that the construction of facilities of various purposes, whose commissioning is planned for this year in the regions, be kept under constant control.

Then the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan Tangryguly Atahallyyev reported on the progress of the seasonal agricultural campaigns continuing in the country.

As reported, in these days the harvesting of the cotton crop to the last boll and without losses is continuing in the regions.

On the wheat-sown lands of the country, measures are being implemented to provide care in line with agrotechnical standards, in particular vegetation irrigation to obtain seedlings and feeding with mineral fertilizers are being carried out.

Alongside this, steps are being taken in the velayats to harvest autumn potatoes, vegetables, melons and gourds, and other food crops and to supply markets with these products.

In Dashoguz and Lebap regions, work is under way to harvest the grown rice crop, and in Mary region, preparations are being made for the start of the sugar beet harvest campaign.

Summing up the report, the President of Turkmenistan stressed the importance of the agricultural sector in the development of the national economy. In this context, the Head of State instructed the Deputy Prime Minister to keep under constant control the work being carried out in the country to grow rich harvests of agricultural crops. Emphasizing the key importance of the current seasonal activities, the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov ordered that strict control be ensured over harvesting cotton to the last boll and without losses, timely completion of wheat sowing, and proper care of the crops.

Then, addressing the participants of the working meeting, the Head of State once again emphasized the importance of the seasonal activities being carried out in these days. In this context, he instructed that strict control be exercised over the harvesting of cotton grown in the velayats to the last boll, proper care of wheat crops, timely weed control, and that appropriate measures be taken to achieve uniform seedling emergence by carrying out moisture-recharge and first vegetation irrigations in accordance with the established deadlines.

In addition, the President of Turkmenistan noted the importance of properly harvesting vegetables, melons and gourds, and other agricultural crops grown in the regions to ensure their uninterrupted supply to domestic markets, of harvesting the rice crop in Dashoguz and Lebap regions without losses, and of proper preparation for the start of the sugar beet harvest in Mary region.

Alongside this, Arkadagly Hero-Serdar instructed that settlements be made in a timely manner with wheat and cotton producers, as well as with servicing enterprises and organizations, for work performed for the current year’s harvest, and that the progress of construction of social, cultural and industrial facilities planned for commissioning this year be kept under strict control.

Concluding the working meeting on the digital system, the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov wished its participants good health, family well-being and success in carrying out the tasks set.

State News Agency of Turkmenistan