At the end of 2023, the region harvested 88,2 thousand tons of potatoes, which is 14,6% higher than the previous season. The harvest of open and closed ground vegetables also increased by 5%, reaching almost 43 thousand tons.
Most Khabarovsk vegetable growers use domestic seeds for planting, and locally produced ones. Specialists from the Far Eastern Agricultural Research Institute are working on creating new varieties of crops, for example, tomatoes and cucumbers. Such vegetables are adapted to the Far Eastern climate and are valued by the population for their excellent taste.
More than 60 percent of potatoes were planted in the fields of Stavropol
In the region, potato planting was completed on an area of over 3,5 thousand hectares. This volume is 61% of the planned volume. According to the regional Minister of Agriculture Sergei...