Potatoes and more. Tajik Yagnob has become an open-air testing laboratory

In the Yagnob valley of the Ayni region of Tajikistan, at an altitude of more than 2,300 meters above sea level, scientists have tested dozens of crops for the first time. The results exceeded expectations: all plants successfully adapted, and new potato varieties showed yields of up to 400 quintals per hectare.
 
The climate forces us to look for new solutions

Climate change is increasingly forcing scientists to look for new ways to adapt agriculture to adverse conditions. One of the promising areas is the study of the mountainous regions of the country, where the combination of cool climate, clean air and fertile soils opens up unique opportunities for agricultural experiments.

That is why the staff of the Institute of Botany, Plant Physiology and Genetics of the National Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan (NAST) chose the Yagnob Valley of the Ayni district, a region located at an altitude of more than 2,300 meters above sea level. Here, in the village of Khishortob, experimental fields were laid in the spring, where researchers tested how crops familiar to the plains would behave in high-altitude conditions.

source: asiaplustj.info
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