Kyrgyz farmers suffered damage of over 31 million soms from natural disasters

AKIPRESS.COM - Farmers in Kyrgyzstan are 80% supplied with agricultural machinery, said Minister of Agriculture Erkinbek Choduyev. 20% of agricultural equipment is not ready in Naryn and Issyk-Kul regions. At present, work is underway to provide agricultural equipment in these two regions.
There are 100 machine and tractor stations in the country. These enterprises provide farmers with quality services. Most of the machinery are grain harvesters.
The minister also said that as a result of natural disasters that occurred in spring 2020, farmers suffered damage of over 31 million soms.
Bad weather conditions have adversely affected the sugar beet lands, wheat and fruit crops, he explained.