Dagestan’s Potato Sector Expands Amid Weather Challenges And Modernization Efforts

Imboni Yamazambane yaseDagestan Iyanda Phakathi Kwezinselele Zesimo Sezulu Nemizamo Yokuthuthukisa Izitshalo

TG Lynn 21 Aug 2026 I-2 min ifunde Kubuyekeziwe 10 Septhemba 2026

Ukuthatha okhiye

Nearly 19,000 ha under potatoes in Dagestan
40% concentrated in four districts
Around 98% grown on household plots
Organised sector area now 400 hectares
Storage projects under way to smooth prices

Kungani kubalulekile

Kwabalimi: Batch deliveries to retail chains require organised volume; 50-hectare operations are the unit that makes that possible here.
Kwabahwebi: With 98% of output on household plots, most of the regional crop never reaches organised channels at all.

60-isekhondi isifinyezo

Dagestan has put nearly 19,000 hectares under potatoes this year, with 40% of that concentrated in the Levashinsky, Akushinsky, Khasavyurtovsky and Buynaksky districts. Almost 98% of the crop is grown on private household plots, though commercial farming is emerging in the Khasavyurtovsky, Kizilyurtovsky and Derbentsky districts. One example is Gasan Magomedov of Kokrek village, farming 50 hectares and now harvesting an early crop — planting was delayed a month by poor spring weather, pushing harvest back two to three weeks. First Deputy Minister of Agriculture Sharip Sharipov stressed getting local potatoes to regional markets to stabilise retail prices. The ministry is promoting modern agrotechnology and expanding the organised sector, which the article reports grew 47% in 2020 against the previous year and now stands at 400 hectares, double the figure of two years ago. Storage projects are under way to regulate off-season supply.

~19,000 haarea under potatoes

40%share in four leading districts

~ 98%grown on household plots

50 haarea farmed by Gasan Magomedov

400 haorganised sector area

Kulo nyaka, iDagestan inikeze cishe amahektha ayi-19,000 omhlaba wezolimo ukuze kulinywe amazambane, kanti u-40% wale ndawo ugxile ezifundeni zaseLevashinsky, Akushinsky, Khasavyurtovsky, naseBuynaksky. Ngenkathi cishe u-98% wamazambane esifundeni ekhuliswa ezindaweni zangasese, ukulima okukhulu kwezentengiselwano kuyavela ezifundeni zaseKhasavyurtovsky, Kizilyurtovsky, naseDerbentsky. Isibonelo esiphawulekayo usomabhizinisi ngamunye uGasan Magomedov wasedolobhaneni laseKokrek, olima amazambane kumahektha angama-50 futhi okwamanje uvuna isivuno sakhe sokuqala—yize ukutshala kwabambezeleka ngenyanga ngenxa yesimo sezulu esibi sasentwasahlobo, okubuyisela isivuno emuva ngamasonto amabili kuya kwamathathu. Ngesikhathi sokuvakasha kwamuva nje, iPhini likaNgqongqoshe Wokuqala Wezolimo uSharip Sharipov ugcizelele ukubaluleka kokuletha amazambane endawo ezimakethe zesifunda ukusiza ekuzinziseni nasekunciphiseni amanani okuthengisa emikhiqizo emisha.

Ukuze kuqiniswe umkhakha wezolimo ohleliwe, uMnyango Wezolimo waseDagestan ukhuthaza ubuchwepheshe bezolimo besimanje futhi wandisa ngenkuthalo izindawo ezilinyiwe—izitshalo emkhakheni ohleliwe zikhule ngo-47% ngo-2020 uma kuqhathaniswa nonyaka odlule, futhi kulo nyaka leyo ndawo ime kumahektha angu-400, okuphindwe kabili kunesibalo seminyaka emibili edlule. USharipov waphawula ukuthi ukukhiqizwa okukhulu, okuhlelekile kwenza kube lula ukulethwa kwenqwaba ezimakethe zokudla kanye nasezindaweni zokuthengisa. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kuqhutshwa amaphrojekthi amaningana ezindawo zokugcina ukudla ukulawula izimpahla nokuvimbela ukunyuka okukhulu kwentengo ngesikhathi sokuphumula. Isu likahulumeni ngokusobala lithanda ukwandisa ukukhiqizwa kwezentengiselwano ngenkathi kuthuthukiswa ingqalasizinda, kuhloswe ngezimo zemakethe ezizinzile kanye nokuvikeleka kokudla okukhulu ezweni.