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Harvest festival in Turkmenistan — is a national holiday. Starting since 2017, with the introduction of amendments to the labor code by the head of Turkmenistan and the list of holidays and memorable dates celebrated in Turkmenistan, every second Sunday of the month of November Turkmenistan celebrates the Harvest Festival. Prior to these changes, the Turkmen people celebrated their national traditional holiday on the last Sunday of the month of November.

History and celebration
The festival is held in honor of field farmers. And it is in their honor that concerts and exhibitions are organized in the country. And it is to them the President of the country addresses congratulations. Turkmenistan began to celebrate this holiday widely when received the status of Independence in 1991. In recent years, the country has begun to pay much attention to agriculture sector. The volume of wheat harvest in 2019 became more than 1,600,000 tons, which is almost 8 times more than in 1991. The country has allocated 545,000 hectares of land for cotton cultivation. In this industry, the country is actively cooperating with global companies. With such as “Case”, “New Holland”, “John Deere” and “CLAAS”. For example, in 2017, the country signed contracts with the German company “Umax Trade GmbH” and with the Swiss company “John Deere International GmbH” for the purchase of agricultural machinery, consumables and spare parts. Turkmenistan continues to cooperate with John Deere in the purchase of agricultural machinery. President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov signed a resolution authorizing the Ministry of agriculture and water resources of Turkmenistan to conclude a contract with John Deere for the purchase of agricultural machinery with the condition of delivery in 2020.