IMPACT OF CLIMATE ON CEREAL CROP PRODUCTION IN TURKMENISTAN

Climate determines, to a larger extent, the growth, production and yield level of any crop. Turkmenistan which lies in warm-arid continental climatic zone, extends from north-west to south-east, having some distinguished climatic types. Being a downstream state dependent mainly upon Amu Darya for irrigation, the steps towards neutralizing the impact of climate, especially temperature and rainfall, did not yield too much, so for cereal crop production in the study region is concerned. In this paper an attempt has been made to see how and to what extent the weather variables, particularly, rainfall and temperature, have influenced the production and yield level of cereal crops in Turkmenistan.