Dashoguz velayat successfully increases the volumes of agricultural production. The agrifood segment dominates the economy of this northern province of Turkmenistan.
Gujagy Gülli Sähra, a private farm from the Gurbansoltan-eje etrap of the Dashoguz velayat, grows potatoes on twenty hectares and onions on another ten hectares. The specialists of the farm expect to get at least 140 centners of potatoes and 250 centners of onions from each hectare.
The farm, headed by Zakir Rejepov, is a member of the Union of Entrepreneurs and Industrialists of Turkmenistan. Total area of the farm is 81 hectares.
Gujagy Gülli Sähra has successfully grown variety of crops on an area of 70 hectares since the beginning of its establishment two years ago. The farm has another 40 hectares of land allocated for growing wheat and cotton.
Entrepreneurs in the province are actively involved in the large-scale work on the implementation of state programs for import substitution and providing the population with high-quality domestic food. There are dozens of private farms in the region specializing in the production and processing of agricultural products.