Focus on Seed Programs The Seed Industry in Turkmenistan
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Ashir Saparmuratov, Aziz Nurbekov, Zewdie Bishaw. (1/1/2010). Focus on Seed Programs The Seed Industry in Turkmenistan. Lebanon: International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA).
Abstract
Turkmenistan is located in south west
Central Asia and lies within 35048’
and 42048’ N and 52027’ and 66041’ E
north of the Kopetdag (Gershi) ridge of the
Turkmen-Khorasan mountain range
between the Caspian sea in the west and
Amu Darya river in the east. It is bordered
by Kazakhstan (north), Uzbekistan (north
east/east), Afghanistan (south-east), Iran
(south) and the Caspian Sea (west). The
northern and central part of the country is
occupied by a sandy desert in the Turan
lowlands, the center by the Zaunguz and the
south eastern by the Karakum (about 80%
of territory). In the south the desert turns
into the Kopetdag hills and foothills. Almost
20% of territory is mountainous.
Turkmenistan has a total area
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Bishaw, Zewdie https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1763-3712