DUSHANBE, November 20, 2008, Asia-Plus — In January-October this year, gross agricultural product from all categories of farms has been 6,324,593,000 somoni (TJS) in current prices, and has increased by 8 percent compared to the same period, Safar Mahmadiyev, the head of the economic policy and prognosis department within the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), remarked at a press conference in Dushanbe on November 20.
The press conference was dedicated to issues of ensuring food security in the country.
Mahmadiyev noted that targets on six of eleven basic agricultural products had been overfulfilled.
