Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences

XIII Pomegranate festival was held in Goychay.

The XIII Pomegranate Festival was attended by foreign ambassadors to Azerbaijan, employees of international organizations, as well as local and foreign businessmen and representatives of ANAS.

Head of Executive Power of Goychay Mehdi Salimzade welcomed the participants and congratulated them on the occasion of the Pomegranate Holiday.

Then there was a colorful holiday concert.

The guests got acquainted with the exhibition of pomegranate and pomegranate products, organized by residents of more than 30 villages of the region. At the exhibition there were products made of pomegranate, pomegranate juice, pomegranate jam, as well as unique patties, tomato paste, dandelions, pancakes and various sweets with unique examples of our national cuisine.

It should be noted that Goychay, which produces 45-50 thousand tons of pomegranates per year, currently has 3740 hectares of pomegranate. More than half of the pomegranate is exported to foreign markets, mainly to Russia, Ukraine and Georgia.

The festival ended on November 4.

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