Azerbaijan plans to increase the wine exports 5-fold by 2025, according to the State Program for the Development of Winemaking in Azerbaijan in 2018-2025, approved by President Ilham Aliyev on May 3. The State Program reads that winemaking is one of the profitable and historical spheres of the agro-industry. According to the statistics, 210 wineries…
According to the latest visual observations, the top 10-cm layer of soil is moderately moist in most of Belarus. The average soil temperature at a 10-cm depth is +8-13 degrees C, while the soil warmed to +15 C in the south. Productive moisture content in the topsoil is close to optimum in the majority of…
One of the peasant enterprises of Kyzylorda region plans to sow Iranian Torem Hoshemi rice variety on 500 ha. Last year it sowed a trial of Iranian rice on 70 hectares and got a good harvest, thus, gaining an opportunity to export its products to Iran. The local experts analyzed the mineral content of the…
The Association of Beekeepers of Azerbaijan will send an appeal to the Agriculture Ministry, according to the president of the association Badraddin Khasratov. The goal is to obtain organic certification for Azerbaijani honey. “The ministry should apply to the Cabinet of Ministers for this. After the receipt of the certificate of organic product, the entry…
Kyrgyzstan will export beef and mutton to China, the Director of the State Inspection for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Safety, Kalysbek Zhumakanov, declared on April 26. According to him, Kyrgyzstan has signed four protocols with China for the export of meat. “We will also export products from beef, lamb, chicken,” Kalysbek Zhumakanov told. He stressed that…
The total price index of agricultural output in 2017 increased by 11.6% YoY, which was mainly due to the rise in prices of livestock products by 25.8%. The price index of crop products grew by 2.2%. Increase in the price index of livestock products was mainly affected by significant rise in milk prices. The average…
Ukrainian farmers in January-March boosted fruit and berry exports by 68% YoY, to $57 million. “The leaders in the commodity structure of domestic products exports this year were walnuts ($42 million), frozen berries ($10 million), as well as apples and pears ($5 million),” the press service of the Ukrainian association of gardening and small fruit…