Focus on Seed Programs: The Seed Industry in Turkmenistan

Ashir Saparmuratov, Aziz Nurbekov, Zewdie Bishaw. (1/1/2010). Focus on Seed Programs: The Seed Industry in Turkmenistan. Syrian Arab Republic: International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA).

Abstract

Turkmenistan is located in southwest 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 the Amu Darya river in the east. It is bordered by Kazakhstan (north), Uzbekistan (north east/east), Afghanistan (southeast), 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 the territory). In the south, the desert turns into the Kopetdag hills and foothills. Almost 20% of the territory is mountainous.