Grain harvesting in Azerbaijan was carried out by 35.9 percent as of June 20, the country's Ministry of Agriculture told Trend.

Some 966,470 tons of cereals (31 percent of the total yield) were collected at 314,260-hectare area in Azerbaijan as of June 18, Trend reports referring to the Azerbaijani Ministry of Agriculture.

A one-stop shop for agricultural services is being established in the Fergana region of Uzbekistan, Trend reports with reference to Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources of Uzbekistan.

Locusts which passed to Iran from neighboring countries can also enter Azerbaijan, if relevant preventive measures won't be taken in the near future, Head of Applied Zoology Center under the Institute of Zoology of Azerbaijani National Academy of Sciences, Ph.D. in Biology Barat Ahmadov told Trend on June 8.

President Ilham Aliyev has approved the law of Azerbaijan on amendments to the law on non-cash payments, Trend reports.

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), together with the Ministry of Agriculture of Azerbaijan, has designed a project on developing the country's hazelnut sector, Head of FAO's Partnership and Liaision Office in Azerbaijan Melek Cakmak told Trend.

There are no problems with the export of agricultural products during the quarantine regime in Azerbaijan, Minister of Agriculture Inam Karimov told reporters, Trend reports.

Azerbaijan will export onion to almost 10 countries this year, Head of the Public Relations Department of the Ministry of Agriculture Vugar Huseynov told Trend on May 14.

The Cabinet of Ministers of Azerbaijan has adopted a resolution on execution of the order № 2011 of Azerbaijani President dated May 1, 2020, on approval of the state program on the development of cotton growing in Azerbaijan for 2017-2022 dated July 13, 2017, and on amendments to the state program on the development of tobacco growing from August 10, 2017, Trend reports on May 8.

Azerbaijan continues to take measures to combat the pandemic and its consequences, Azerbaijani Minister of Agriculture Inam Karimov told reporters.