Weeds destroy forage grasses on Suusamyr pastures

A meeting on the ongoing work to combat the wild altygana shrub (caragana), chaired by the Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers Akylbek Japarov, took place in Bishkek. The press service of the Cabinet of Ministers reported.

The total area of ​​pastures in Kyrgyzstan is 9.2 million hectares, and the pastures in the Suusamyr valley — 472,000 hectares. In recent years, the area of ​​altygana shrubs has increased by 800 hectares, because of this, some types of forage grasses are disappearing.

The head of the Cabinet of Ministers gave a number of instructions to the heads of the Ministry of Water Resources, Agriculture and Processing Industry, the Ministry of Natural Resources, Ecology and Technical Supervision, the National Academy of Sciences and other government departments, noting the relevance of the issue.