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By Aynur Jafarova

Azerbaijan will purchase 150 new grain combine harvesters by the end of this year.

According to Agroleasing Open Joint Stock Company, the grain combine harvesters will be purchased from Finland at the fund allocated by President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev in the amount of 15 million manat.

An agreement was achieved on the purchase of 150 grain combine harvesters of SR 2045 Sampo Rosenlew model, the company said.

Azerbaijan has 2,660 combines, half of which is newly purchased and another half - in use since the Soviet period.

The Azerbaijani government is taking various measures to ensure the dynamic development of agriculture, in particular, grain production in accordance with the state program on reliable supply of the Azerbaijani population with food for 2008-2015 and the state program on the social and economic development of Azerbaijani regions for 2009-2013, as well as presidential decrees.

A decree on additional support to supply the producers of agricultural goods with agricultural machinery was signed by President Ilham Aliyev on July 4.

Further state support of the agricultural sector for reliable provision of Azerbaijan's population with food, increase of food production and reduction of dependence on imports continue to be relevant.

In 2012, grain production increased by 343,800 tons compared to 2011. The volume of wheat production in Azerbaijan is expected to reach at least 2.8 million tons in 2013.