Dagestan agricultural producers plan to harvest about 2021 thousand tons of potatoes in 370. This is almost 13 thousand tons more than in 2020, the first deputy minister of agriculture and food of the republic Sharip Sharipov told TASS on Sunday.
“Last year, more than 18 thousand hectares of land were allocated for potatoes and more than 357 thousand tons of crops were harvested. In 2021, although the area has slightly decreased, the yield is high, we expect about 370 thousand tons, ”the source said.
“Potatoes are mainly grown in Levashinsky, Akushinsky, Khasavyurt and Buinaksky districts,” Sharipov said.
As the ministry said, the products are mainly sold within the republic. “But it is also exported to the central parts of our country: Moscow, Volgograd, Penza, Voronezh, Tambov,” the department concluded.