According to information from the Ministry of Agriculture, this spring season, it is planned to sow 32.6 thousand hectares of cereal grains in the republic. The Chuy region has allocated 1.7 thousand hectares for wheat and 6.3 thousand hectares for barley.
The Chuy region ranks first in the area allocated for barley sowing. The Jalal-Abad region is in second place with 3.2 thousand hectares, followed by the Batken region with 3.1 thousand hectares, and the Osh region with 0.9 thousand hectares.
As for winter crops, it was planned to sow 250 thousand hectares in the republic. In practice, the area under winter wheat amounted to 152.2 thousand hectares, of which 83.5 thousand hectares are on rainfed lands, and 68.6 thousand hectares are irrigated.
Winter barley has been sown on an area of 9.8 thousand hectares, of which 2.9 thousand hectares are irrigated, and 6.8 thousand hectares are rainfed.
In particular, in the Chuy region, 100.2 thousand hectares have been allocated for winter crops:
- winter wheat: 94.56 thousand hectares (of which 37.4 thousand hectares are irrigated, 57.1 thousand hectares are rainfed).
- winter barley: 5.6 thousand hectares (of which 2.599 thousand hectares are irrigated, 3.170 thousand hectares are rainfed).
