More than 829,000 tonnes of potatoes harvested in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, 17.10.2026 /NIAT “Khovar”/. In the first nine months of this year, Tajikistan harvested 829,848 tonnes of potatoes, with yields reaching up to 250 centners per hectare.

Potato planting covered 39,545 hectares in peasant and collective farms, and by 9 October this year, 34,473 hectares had been harvested. According to researchers, the average annual consumption per resident is 130 kilograms, amounting to almost 1.3 million tonnes a year. At the same time, producing about 830,000 tonnes a year is considered sufficient to meet the country’s population needs.

The report also cites President Emomali Rahmon’s remarks on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of State Independence, noting that over the past 25 years agricultural output has increased 122-fold and potato production 12-fold.