October 7 2008, 09:02

Dagestan harvested big crop of melons and gourds

As it was reported by Fruit-Inform project referring to the Ministry of agriculture of Dagestan, almost 215.500 tonnes of melons and gourds were harvested throughout 9000 ha of lands in Dagestan as a result of the finished harvesting, that is up 3.500 tonnes as compared to the last year.

The average yield of melons and gourds totaled 239 c/ha.