The rice-growing farms of the Lebap and Dashoguz regions have fulfilled the state order for the production of rice for 82 thousand 400 tons of harvest. In total, 18 thousand 300 hectares of land were allocated for rice fields in two regions, on which were planted with high yields rice varieties "Bereketli", "Munbash", "Alenga", the official Turkmen press reported today.

The farms of Lebap were demonstrated the highest harvest - 47 thousand 400 tons of rice from 10.2 hectares (an average of 4,647 kg from one ha), and 35 thousand tons of "pearl" grain were collected by Dashoguz enterprises (an average of 4,320 kg from one ha).

This year, farmers of Lebap also harvested more than 32 thousand tons of potatoes, 13.6 thousand tons of tomatoes, 22.5 thousand tons of onions, 4.5 thousand tons of cabbage and 42 thousand tons of gourds.

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