AKIPRESS.COM - By the end of last week, the nationwide harvesting showed 90 percent fulfillment, Montsame reports.

A total of 180 thousand tons of wheat have been sold so far, including 135,000 tons for flour producers and 45 thousand tons for Farming Promotion Fund.

Throughout the country, 403,000 tons of grain have been harvested from 298.5 thousand hectares, of which 386.6 thousand tons were wheat. Moreover, 160,800 tons of potato and 93,500 tons of vegetables have been cropped, which means that 99.9 percent of potato and vegetables, 80.6 percent of fodder plants and 57.3 percent of oil plants were harvested.

Alongside harvesting activities, works are being intensified to build a reserve of good quality seed. It is planned to formulate a resolution to intensify crop sales and provide loans with reduced interest to flour producers from commercial banks in order to purchase new crops and make it resolved by the government.