Chinese investors are interested in leasing land in Tajikistan. As the correspondent of IA REGNUM, about the 15th of January at a press conference told reporters Deputy Minister of agriculture of Tajikistan Sijovuddin of Israilov. According to him, currently, Chinese investors are renting more than 6.3 thousand hectares of land in Khatlon oblast in the South of Tajikistan. The Chinese company "Xinjiang Inhi" Dangara and Javanese areas growing crops and raw cotton.

Earlier in Javanese area of the company on the area of 80 ha of wheat, where per hectare was obtained in 70 quintals harvest. From each hectare of land sown with cotton, Chinese investors received 50 quintals of raw cotton. This is the highest rate in Tajikistan.

The Ministry of agriculture of Tajikistan recognizes the fact that the annual reduction in the Republic of acreage under cotton. According to the information Israilova, in last year's cotton crop was reduced by approximately 14 thousand hectares. According to him, generally in 2014 cotton was planted on an area of about 178 thousand hectares. With this square at the end of the season was collected about 373 thousand tons of raw cotton, which is 5.1% less than the original plan.

The failure of the local farmers from planting cotton Deputy associates primarily with the diversification of the agricultural sector. "Our farmers are free to choose planting crops," he said. In recent years a number of livestock and poultry farms.

Naturally, farmers divert part of the land under fodder and grain crops, to meet the needs of these farms".

Meanwhile, according to the Agency on statistics under the President of the Republic, Tajikistan significantly reduces the volume of sales of cotton abroad, although he is still considered one of the two main export commodities of the Republic. For ten months of the current year, the supply of cotton from Tajikistan carried out in a volume of 59.3 thousand tons for the sum of $94.7 million compared to the same period last year, the export of cotton decreased by 33.1% and 35.9% in value. According to the Customs service of the Republic, in 2014 the share of cotton in total exports of Tajikistan accounted for 14%.