DUSHANBE, October 29, Asia-Plus  -- Tajikistan has yielded 382,705 tons of cotton by October 29, which is 69.6 percent of the national target that has been determined at 550,000 of cotton, Asia-plus has at the industrial crops and grains department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection (MoAEP).  

On October 28, Tajik farmers yielded 2,733 tons of cotton, which is some 056 percent of the national target.

The southern Khatlon province has pledged to produce 330,500 tons of raw cotton this year.  They have gathered 233,963 tons of cotton by October 29, which is 70.8 percent of the target.

Districts subordinate to the center (RRPs) have yielded some 33,041 tons of raw cotton, which is 68.5 percent of the target.  Their target is 48,200 tons of cotton. 

Cotton growers of the northern Sughd province have yielded 115,701 tons of cotton by October 29, which comprises 67.5 percent of its target determined at 171,300 tons of cotton. 

Tajikistan last year yielded 440,000 tons of cotton, which was some 80 percent of the national target that had been determined at 547,000 tons of cotton.