On 14 March 2024, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov met with EBRD’s Vice President for Policy and Partnerships, Mark Bowman. The key topics of the discussion were the prospects for cooperation in the field of energy, green energy, transport, and agriculture. The energy sector was named as a new promising area of cooperation. The commitment of Turkmenistan, […]
UNDP enhances farmers’ knowledge on horticulture in the Lebap Velayat
Within the framework of the project “Conservation and Sustainable Management of Land Resources and High Nature Value Ecosystems in the Aral Sea Basin for Multiple Benefits”, jointly implemented by UNDP and the Ministry of Environment Protection of Turkmenistan, a practical seminar on horticulture development was held on March 5, 2024, in the city of Seydi, […]
Turkmenistan’s northern province demonstrates commitment to rational water management
Across Turkmenistan, dedicated work is underway to maintain irrigation and drainage systems. They are cleaned of near-water vegetation, debris, deepened, irrigated lands are leveled. Vegetative irrigation of winter wheat crops is also carried out, the Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper reports. Relevant work is also being carried out in the northern Dashoguz province, where the machine operators […]
President Serdar Berdimuhamedov Reviews Agricultural Facility Projects in Arkadag city
On Thursday, 16 November, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov paid a working trip to Arkadag, a smart city under development in Turkmenistan. The purpose of his visit was to review the plans for the city’s second phase of construction. During his visit, the President held a working meeting with heads of relevant government agencies. D.Orazov, Chairman of […]
The private sector is the driver of Turkmenistan’s food security
Greenhouse tomatoes have become one of the main export products of Turkmenistan. Since the beginning of this year, the country has exported more than 90,000 tons of this vegetable, which is a record in history. The same indicator in 2022 was 80,000 tons. The main buyers of Turkmen tomatoes are Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and the […]
Turkmenistan Prioritizes Agricultural Development
Turkmenistan attaches great importance to accelerating the industrialization of the national economy through the further dynamic development of the agricultural sector, the active introduction of digital technologies in agriculture, the development of innovative industry, and the close relationship between production and science. Deputy Prime Minister Tangryguly Atakhalliev, responsible for agriculture, in an article published in […]
Ministers of Agriculture of the Central Asian countries and China to establish a joint working group
On 19 September 2023, the first meeting of ministers of agriculture of China – Central Asia format was held in the Chinese city of Yangling, Shaanxi province. The meeting, which was chaired by the Minister of Agriculture of the People’s Republic of China Tang Renjian, was also attended by: Kyrgyzstan – Minister of Agriculture Askarberk […]
Cotton harvesting campaign launched in Turkmenistan
The cotton harvest season in Turkmenistan began on 9 September in the four regions of Akhal, Balkan, Mary, and Lebap. The northern region of Dashoguz will join the campaign on 15 September, due to the different climatic conditions in the north. The total harvest target is 1.2 million tons of cotton from 580,000 hectares. With […]
Sowing of winter wheat starts in Turkmenistan
On Wednesday, 6 September, sowing of winter wheat started in Turkmenistan. 690,000 hectares of land have been allocated for wheat. The harvest target for 2024 is 1.4 million tons of grain, including in provinces: Akhal – sowing area: 195,000 hectares, harvest target: 400,000 tons of grain. Balkan – sowing area: 50,000 hectares, harvest target: 80,000 […]
Turkmen Fruit Holding Miwe – a success story of the horticultural industry
A few years ago, companies “Gök bulut”, “Hemsaýa”, “Miweli atiz”, “Datly miwe” established a holding company – Open Joint Stock Company “Miwe”, whose specialization is the cultivation of raw materials for the production of vegetables, fruit products, the production of dried fruits. The Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper tells about the holding’s activities. The total area of […]
FAO to provide Turkmenistan technical support for the creation of a digital land cadastre
The FAO Subregional Office for Central Asia has launched a two-year technical cooperation project in Turkmenistan to support the creation and improvement of a digital land cadastre system and geospatial data infrastructure – the basis of GPS navigation and electronic multilayer mapping, the Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper writes. The project will be implemented jointly with the […]
President of Turkmenistan visits Balkan province to encourage private farmers
nCa News and Commentary President Berdimuhamedov visited a privately owned wheat farm and an agro-industrial complex in the Bereket district of Balkan province on Wednesday (17 June 2020). As in the earlier such visits to Lebap, Mary, and Dashoguz provinces, the purpose was to encourage private farmers and highlight their contribution toward attainment and maintenance […]
Visit of president of Turkmenistan to Dashoguz province highlights other aspects of Basic Self Reliance
nCa News and Commentary President Berdimuhamedov, who is on a working visit to Dashoguz province of Turkmenistan, drove Tuesday morning to the grain farm of Amanyaz Berdiyev in Niyazov district. Berdiyev has leased 21 hectares of land on which has sown Hasylly variet of wheat. He estimates that the yield would be 40 centners per […]
President of Turkmenistan tours provinces to encourage agriculture sector
nCa News and Commentary President Berdimuhamedov of Turkmenistan is touring provinces to encourage and support the agriculture sector. In the first leg of the travel he visited two private farms in the Labap province on Tuesday (9 June 2020). The first stop was a small private farm in the territory of Watan farmers’ association in […]