Now, consumers will be able to buy fruits, such as alucha, cherry, grape, peach, nectarine, apricot, on markets 10 times cheaper than the current prices. It will not be at the cost of foreign fruits, but local ones.
Thus, currently, entrepreneurs are preparing projects on the cultivation of fruits in greenhouse conditions for bringing such products to markets at the non-season time.
Acting chairman of the Board of Directors of the Entrepreneurship Development Fund Samir Humbatov says that entrepreneurs already apply to the institution with such projects: "Several projects have been financed. Currently, there are several appeals to the Entrepreneurship Fund on the creation of such entities in the territories of Aghdash and Goychay. Appeals are being reviewed, and state concessional loans will be given for their financing."
So far, concessional loans have been given to the projects for the creation of horticulture farms in the 12, 000-ha area. Overall, the projects submitted in this field are worth 234 mln AZN. For this purpose, concessional loans in the amount of 76 mln AZN have been given to entrepreneurs.
The favorable conditions created for entrepreneurs in the country also show themselves in the agrarian sector. Thus, fruit gardens are established in greenhouse conditions in Baku’s Zira settlement. By creating these fruit gardens, it will be possible to meet the demands of the domestic market and reduce the dependence on import to minimum. In other words, this innovation in the agrarian sector will make a great contribution to the country’s economy.
The cultivation of fruits in greenhouse conditions is carried out based on Turkey’s experience. The purpose of the creation of this system is to meet the demand for non-seasonal fruits. At present, this demand is met at the cost of the products imported from Turkey and the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Products obtained from 35, 000 various types of fruit trees are planned to go on markets starting from April 15.
All this is carried out based on the state program envisaging the development of the agrarian sector in 2019-2023. Entrepreneurs start a business at the cost of the grants and subsidies allocated for the development of this field.
This year, it is planned to collect 300 tons of fruit from 6 fruit plantations for the country’s markets and 150 tons of fruit for the Russian markets.
Samir Namigoglu