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ARMENIAN AGRICULTURE DECLINES IN 2010 - MINISTER SUMS UP THE YEAR
Tert.am
24.12.10
All sectors of Armenia's agriculture recorded a decline in 2010,
Armenian Minister of Agriculture Gerasim Alaverdyan has said.
Speaking at a news conference on Friday, he said the decline in
agriculture makes 14.5%, with the major losses being observed in
plant growing.
According to Alaverdyan, irrigated lands in the country have been
reduced by 16 hectares , causing a major harm especially to grain
and potato production. Potato harvest, he said, has been 490.00 tons,
against last year's 590.000.
Alaverdyan also said Armenia has started the implementation of the
2010-14 seed-growing program aimed at extending the arable lands and
increasing grain production.
Under the government funding, high-quality grain seeds were imported
from Russia and distributed among villagers in Armenia and the Nagorno
Karabakh Republic, he added.
Fruit production has decreased three-fold, making 125 tons, while
vegetable production decreased from 800.000 to 690.000 tons, the
minister said, adding that only vine production has increased to
200.000 tons against last year's 215.000.
Speaking of cattle breeding, Alaverdyan said this sector this year
decreased by 1%, but given the increased volumes of meat consumption,
it is expected to grow by 1.1% by late December.
The minister also said that the program envisages the construction
of anti-hail stations whose number will reach 250 by 2012.
He also spoke of the working team's high professionalism, adding that
it had very little or no fault for this year's decline.
From: A. Papazian
Tert.am
24.12.10
All sectors of Armenia's agriculture recorded a decline in 2010,
Armenian Minister of Agriculture Gerasim Alaverdyan has said.
Speaking at a news conference on Friday, he said the decline in
agriculture makes 14.5%, with the major losses being observed in
plant growing.
According to Alaverdyan, irrigated lands in the country have been
reduced by 16 hectares , causing a major harm especially to grain
and potato production. Potato harvest, he said, has been 490.00 tons,
against last year's 590.000.
Alaverdyan also said Armenia has started the implementation of the
2010-14 seed-growing program aimed at extending the arable lands and
increasing grain production.
Under the government funding, high-quality grain seeds were imported
from Russia and distributed among villagers in Armenia and the Nagorno
Karabakh Republic, he added.
Fruit production has decreased three-fold, making 125 tons, while
vegetable production decreased from 800.000 to 690.000 tons, the
minister said, adding that only vine production has increased to
200.000 tons against last year's 215.000.
Speaking of cattle breeding, Alaverdyan said this sector this year
decreased by 1%, but given the increased volumes of meat consumption,
it is expected to grow by 1.1% by late December.
The minister also said that the program envisages the construction
of anti-hail stations whose number will reach 250 by 2012.
He also spoke of the working team's high professionalism, adding that
it had very little or no fault for this year's decline.
From: A. Papazian