A year-round conveyor belt for growing vegetable crops has been formed in Dagestan

The natural and climatic conditions of the south of Dagestan allow for the cultivation of cabbage and other vegetable crops all year round.
These days, cabbage is being harvested in the fields of the villages of Velikent, Khazar, Dzhalgan and a number of other settlements in the Derbent district . The first deputy minister of agriculture and food of the RD Sharip Sharipov, accompanied by the HEAD of the district agricultural department Yusif Gereikhanov and the DIRECTOR of the Dagestan experimental station - a branch of VIR, professor Kishtili Kurkiyev, familiarized himself with the progress of the work.
Salman Khalikov from the village of Khazar is engaged in growing white cabbage. In this matter, he closely cooperates with scientists from the Timiryazev Academy and the breeding and seed company "Poisk". According to him, hybrids of domestic selection show themselves very well in the conditions of Dagestan.
A long-time farmer Arif Yakubov from the village of Dzhalgan noted that the vegetable harvesting is in the active phase. His farm has an area of ​​about 80 hectares under vegetables, including 20 hectares under Chinese cabbage, 20 hectares under green crops and the remaining area under white cabbage.
As noted by the head of the USKH Yusif Gereikhanov, large areas of various vegetable crops are also in the village of Muzaim. "In general, Chinese cabbage is grown on an area of ​​almost 350 hectares in the district, and the number of people wishing to engage in this crop is growing every year. There are another 250 hectares of white cabbage. Currently, 5 to 10 trucks loaded with high-quality vegetable products leave the Derbent district for different regions of the country per day," said Yusif Gereikhanov. The director of the Dagestan branch of VIR Kishtili Kurkiyev
also spoke about scientific affairs . Cooperation has been established with scientists from the Timiryazev Academy and the Poisk breeding and seed company. New hybrids and varieties are being tested in our conditions as part of the federal scientific and technical program. According to him, more and more vegetable growers are becoming convinced of the benefits of working with domestic seeds. Following the trip, Sharip Sharipov noted that Dagestan is a region with unique natural and climatic conditions that allow cultivating vegetables in open ground and in the off-season. Starting from December until the end of February, Dagestan cabbage, celery and other vegetables will be shipped directly from the fields to consumers' tables in the winter.

"Today, in winter, we are harvesting cabbage and other vegetable crops in our republic. This is a very serious competitive advantage. We supply high-quality, environmentally friendly products to consumers' tables directly from the fields in winter, because during the cold period there is no need to treat crops against pests, weeds, and accordingly, the demand for Dagestan vegetables is very high in the regions of RUSSIA. We see that a year-round conveyor for the production of different types of cabbage has practically been formed in Dagestan. Moreover, the range of cabbage is also expanding. Derbent farmers have been cultivating Chinese cabbage for ten years now, and have now also begun to grow kohlrabi. "We must say a huge thank you to Alevdin Abakarov from the village of Muzaim, Arif Yakubov from the village of Dzhalgan, Salman Khalikov from the village of Khazar, Merdan Zokhrabov from the village of Velikent and many other vegetable growers who today demonstrate efficient use of land," the First Deputy Minister noted. As part of the instructions of the Dagestan leadership to improve the rational use of agricultural land, we will help farmers who work so diligently in expanding the areas of assigned land.
He further noted that the Russian Ministry of Agriculture pays attention to and supports Dagestan's efforts to resolve import substitution issues in the agricultural sector. The Dagestan leadership is also helping farmers in every possible way to solve this problem. The Republic intends to make full use of its potential in the direction of producing early and ultra-early vegetables. In recent years, the Dagestan Ministry of Agriculture has managed to attract reputable Russian science to Dagestan's vegetable fields.
"Today, at many sites in various vegetable-growing villages of Dagestan, scientists from the Timiryazev Academy, the Poisk company, and other scientific structures are working closely with our farmers. Test sites have been organized to demonstrate convincing evidence to vegetable producers in the republic in favor of using domestic seeds. And many Dagestani farmers choose domestic varieties and hybrids, which sometimes surpass imported analogues in quality and price," noted Sharip Sharipov.