DUSHANBE, August 25, 2010, Asia-Plus  -- To-date, Tajik farmers have produced 584,229 tons of grains from 273,600 hectares, according to the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA).

Average grain yields are 2.22 tons per hectare, the source at a MoA said, noting that this year, farmers have planted grains on 333,100 hectares of farmland.

Farmers in the northern Sughd province have planted grains on 111,400 hectares this year and they have yielded more than 132,000 tons of grains from 77,500 hectares to this day.  Average grain yields in Sughd are 1.7 tons/ha.

Khatlon farmers have allotted 151,600 hectares to the grain cultivation and they have yielded more than 362,000 tons of grains from 142,500 hectares so far.  Average grain yields in Khatlon are 2.55 tons/ha.

Districts subordinate to the center have planted grains on 63,600 hectares and they have yielded more than 87,600 tons of grains from 50,600 hectares to this day.  Average grain yields in districts subordinate to the center are 1.97 tons/ha.

In Gorno Badakhshan, farmers have planted grains on 6,340 hectares and they have yielded some 2,000 tons of grains from 1,800 hectares so far.  Average grain yields in Gorno Badakhshan are 1.67 tons/ha.

It is to be noted that only 324 of 950 grain harvester combines have been involved in the grain-harvesting campaign this year so far. 

We will recall that 463,000 hectares were allotted to the grain cultivation last year and Tajik farmers yielded some 1.3 million tons of grain; average grain yields last year were 2.52 tons/ha.