Agricultural production growth reaches 5 percent in Azerbaijan
The volume of agricultural production in the real prices amounted to 2.123 million manats in January-July, 2013, increasing by 4.9 percent as compared to the same period of 2012, the State Statistics Committee of Azerbaijan said.
"The crop production grew by 4.5 percent, and the livestock production by 5.1 percent," the report said.
Spring field works in Azerbaijan has almost been finished in June, and by June 24 sowing of spring crops in an area of 363,100 hectares was carried out, which is 2.9 percent less than the same period in 2012.
According to the report, potatoes were planted in an area of 65,300 hectares, vegetables in 77,200 hectares, grain and leguminous crops in 71,800 hectares, melons and gourds in 28,500 hectares, cotton in 23,400 hectares, sunflower for animal feed in 9,300 hectares, sugar beet in 5,500 hectares, perennial herbs in 73,500 hectares.
Grain and leguminous crops, including corn, amounted to 19.8 percent, technical plants to 10.9 percent, potatoes, vegetables and melons and gourds to 47.1 percent and fodder plants to 21.1 percent.
Some 343,000 tons of vegetables, 274,900 tons of potatoes, 80,300 tons of fruits and berries were produced in the enterprises.
In this period, the country produced 221,500 tons of meat in live weight, 913,000 tons of milk, 685.4 million units of eggs, and 15 tons of wool.
In the first six months of 2013 meat production rose by 3.2 percent, milk by 6.6 percent, eggs by 14.2 percent, and wool by 2.6 percent.
The official exchange rate for July 23 is 0.7844 AZN / USD.