Annual demand of Azerbaijan in this crop is 40 thousand tons, and it is to this level will increase the harvest of rice in the country, follows from the State program of rice growing development in Azerbaijan in the years 2018-2025, approved by President Aliyev Azerbaycanliyam.

"Last year we spent on the importation of rice $36 million," - said Asadov, reports "Novosti-Azerbaijan".

Sown area of rice in Azerbaijan will be increased to 10 thousand hectares, and its yield to 40 quintals per hectare, which will enable, by 2025, to increase the yield of this culture by 2.5 times.

We will remind, last year the sown area of rice in Azerbaijan was increased from 2.5 thousand hectares to 5.1 thousand hectares, which made it possible to gather 15,9 thousand tons of the crop with a yield of 31.1 kg / ha.

Source: http://vestikavkaza.ru/