The agroindustrial sector is tasked to put into life the reforms initiated by the President in agriculture and water management, to facilitate the implementation of the state agricultural programmes, to achieve food self-sufficiency through import substitution, to focus the efforts of the state on setting up the extensive network of domestic food enterprises and, as a clear result, to create an abundance in grocery stores and vegetable markets. Responding to state support, the agrarians showed good results in the production of vegetables, melons and gourds, fruit, berries, bread and bakery products last year. The grain growers exceeded the production plan and filled about 1.5 million tonnes of white wheat into the bins of the

Motherland. Silk growers worked hard and exceeded the state production order for 2,300 tonnes of cocoons, and cotton growers produced the valuable raw materials for the textile industry. This year, Turkmenistan’s agroindustrial sector is preparing to successfully conduct the cotton campaign in accordance with the Resolution issued by the President at the meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan in the Mary velayat. It was reported that 580,000 hectares of irrigated land were allocated to produce 1.25 million tonnes of this valuable crop that year.