Dagestan agrarians this year intend to collect more than 400 thousand tons of potatoes. This assessment was made by specialists of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic.
The agar department specified that 6 thousand tons of potatoes were harvested from an area of 133 thousand hectares. The harvest is still ongoing. Most of all potatoes were collected by residents of Derbent and Khasavyurt districts. Last year, 396 thousand tons of potatoes were harvested in Dagestan. At the same time, the regional Ministry of Agriculture notes that the republic's annual need for potatoes is 300 thousand tons, Kavkaz Today reports.
Source: http://vestikavkaza.ru