Views: 0 Author: fmworld Publish Time: 2026-06-06 Origin: Jiangsu World Agricultural Machinery Co., Ltd.
Cotton is undoubtedly the "White Gold" industry of Turkmenistan and serves as the country's second-largest export pillar after oil and gas, supporting the employment and livelihoods of over 40% of the rural population.
Riding the wave of in-depth agricultural cooperation under the "Belt and Road" Initiative and drawing on China's Xinjiang region's mature experience in cotton cultivation and mechanization, a cross-sectoral agricultural cooperation dialogue along the Silk Road has recently taken shape in Turkmenistan.
Recently, Mr. Zhu Linjun, Director and General Manager of Jiangsu WORLD Agricultural Machinery Co., Ltd., held a special meeting with Mr. Nokerguly Khojagulyevich Atagulyev, Deputy National Leader of Turkmenistan. The two sides engaged in in-depth government-business dialogue focused on the modernization and transformation of Turkmenistan's cotton industry, laying a solid foundation for Sino-Turkmen agricultural cooperation.
During the meeting, General Manager Zhu Linjun detailed WORLD Agricultural Machinery's brand development philosophy, full-industry-chain independent R&D capabilities, and global strategic layout. Addressing the key challenges in Turkmenistan's cotton production, he introduced a tailored full-process mechanization solution for cotton cultivation, covering "plowing, planting, managing, harvesting, and processing." Key equipment highlighted included cotton pickers, high-horsepower tractors, and seeders.
The two parties also exchanged in-depth views on topics such as the deployment of water-saving cultivation technologies and the application of cotton deep-processing equipment. The aim is to leverage China's intelligent agricultural machinery manufacturing and Xinjiang's proven cultivation expertise to support the transformation and upgrading of Turkmenistan's cotton industry, while accelerating FMWORLD Agricultural Machinery's localized presence in Central Asia.
This high-level government-business meeting is not only an efficient cross-border business negotiation but also a vivid illustration of deep cooperation in agricultural modernization under the framework of the "Belt and Road" Initiative.
Meeting Scene Photo
Why FMWORLD Stands Out？
Over 80% of Turkmenistan's territory is covered by the Karakum Desert, leaving agriculture largely dependent on oasis irrigation. However, the long-standing reliance on flood irrigation and manual harvesting has resulted in severe water waste, increased soil salinization, and low production efficiency. At the same time, outdated local cotton ginning equipment means that most cotton is still exported as raw seed cotton, leaving the industry's full development potential largely untapped.
In response to these development bottlenecks, FMWORD Agricultural Machinery has tailored a clear "front-mid-rear" three-step integrated solution.
1. Front-end cultivation: Introducing "drip irrigation under mulch film" technology
In the front-end cultivation phase, FMWORD Agricultural Machinery introduces its proven drip irrigation under plastic film technology developed in Xinjiang. This technology has been validated through decades of large-scale field application. It can effectively reduce water usage by 30%–50%, cut fertilizer consumption by over 10%, and increase cotton yield per mu by approximately 30%, making it ideally suited to Turkmenistan's arid, water-scarce conditions and saline-alkali soils.
By raising soil temperature, retaining moisture through plastic film mulching, and enabling precise water-fertilizer integrated drip irrigation, this technology completely replaces traditional flood irrigation. It effectively mitigates soil salinization, improves cotton emergence rates and per-mu yield, and aligns with Turkmenistan's core strategies for water-saving irrigation, revitalizing saline-alkali farmland, and promoting sustainable development of the cotton industry.
Meanwhile, FMWORD also provides complementary agronomic guidance and tailored field machinery combination solutions, ensuring seamless on-the-ground integration of technology and equipment.
2. Mid-harvest phase: Empowering with core flagship machinery
Addressing the critical shortage of modern cotton harvesting machinery in the local market, FMWORD showcased its flagship product — the cotton picker. Having already proven its advantages in Uzbekistan and other Central Asian countries with high harvesting efficiency, low impurity rate, and low maintenance costs, this model has become a core piece of equipment for increasing cotton farmers' income.
With its entry into the Turkmenistan market, this cotton picker will significantly reduce labor costs, improve harvesting efficiency, and enhance raw cotton quality. Furthermore,FMWORD's high-horsepower tractors,Furthermore, FMWORD's high-horsepower tractors, field-tested in Central Asian countries, have been optimized for high-temperature resistance and are fully capable of adapting to local climatic conditions.
3、Post-processing phase: Ginning equipment to bridge the "last mile"
Cotton harvesting quality determines the foundation of yield, while deep processing determines the value height of the industry. To address the problems of outdated local processing equipment, high fiber damage, and low efficiency, FMWORD's intelligent ginning equipment enables flexible processing, low damage, and high efficiency, maximizing the preservation of cotton fiber quality and improving the grade and quality of lint cotton. Once deployed, this equipment will help Turkmenistan achieve on-site deep processing of cotton, driving the industry's transformation from low-cost export of raw seed cotton to exporting high-grade lint cotton and textile semi-finished products, thereby comprehensively enhancing its international market competitiveness.
Turkmenistan's Deputy National Leader spoke highly of FMWORD's full-chain, integrated cotton industry solution and clearly stated that, building on the foundation of China-Turkmenistan friendly cooperation, full support will be provided for project implementation in areas such as policy support, site facilities, and localized deployment, so as to accelerate the modernization transformation of the country's cotton industry.
More than selling products — building an ecosystem.
Different from the traditional "one-way product export" model of foreign trade, FMWORD Agricultural Machinery adheres to the core logic of "products going global, industry integrating locally, and services reaching the ground."
With this strategic deployment in Turkmenistan, FMWORD will draw on its successful experience in Uzbekistan — a model combining product export, technology transfer, on-the-ground service implementation, and talent cultivation. FMWORD plans to establish localized service stations and set up practical training systems for agricultural machinery operations in Turkmenistan, providing local users with full-cycle, localized after-sales support and technical assistance. This will enable advanced agricultural machinery and technology to truly take root and thrive.
Burnishing FMWORD's Manufacturing Excellence
The successful entry into the Turkmenistan market marks FMWORD Agricultural Machinery's full coverage of the core cotton-producing countries in Central Asia, completing its strategic layout across the region's major cotton-growing areas and establishing itself as a core partner in Central Asia's agricultural modernization upgrade.
Deputy National Leader Nokerguly Khojagulyevich Atagulyev stated that introducing FMWORD's intelligent equipment and Xinjiang's advanced cultivation models is a key measure to enhance Turkmenistan's agricultural modernization, ensure the security of its fiber crop industry, and activate its specialized agricultural economy — a move of profound significance to the country's high-quality agricultural development.
As the 2026 Central Asian new cotton harvest season approaches, the first batch of FMWORD cotton pickers and full sets of supporting agricultural machinery will soon be shipped to Turkmenistan, officially opening a new chapter of in-depth cooperation in the cotton industry between China and Turkmenistan. On this ancient Central Asian land, FMWORD Agricultural Machinery is joining hands with Turkmenistan to draw a new blueprint for the "White Gold" industry, continuing to polish the international brand of Chinese agricultural machinery!
