COTTON GROWN IN TRANSNISTRIA
17 September 2018
Once the countries of Central Asia were identified as the northernmost regions for cultivation of cotton, the birthplace of which is the tropical regions of Asia, Africa and America. The theory was confirmed by empirical studies, or rather, the unsuccessful experience of cultivation of this crop in the former republics of the Soviet Union located to the north. By the way, in the 50s of the last century, in the Moldavian SSR in Ceadir-Lunga, and even earlier in the south of Ukraine, they also tried to master the fertile lands of black soil for growing cotton. However, then the idea became a failure, and the experiment was quickly cut down.
More than 60 years have passed since then, and agriculture has stepped far forward, new modern technologies, new means of protection of products against pests and diseases, new varieties adapted to the moderate continental climate...