The harvest of agricultural crops in Kyrgyzstan is nearing completion. By September 23, grain crops, excluding legumes, rice and buckwheat, had been harvested from 586,800 hectares, 3.4% more than on the same date last year.
The grain harvest, measured at initial receipt weight, totalled 2.0491 million tonnes. Yield reached 34.9 centners per hectare.
Gross barley production rose 53.6% year on year, wheat 45.2% and oilseed crops 17.3%. Potato production increased 10.3%, fruit and berry crops 7.9%, and melons and gourds 4.3%.
