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ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT TO LAUNCH DISTRIBUTION OF HIGH-QUALITY WHEAT SEEDS ON OCTOBER 1
PanARMENIAN.Net
September 30, 2010 - 19:57 AMT 14:57 GMT
16 vans (1,000 tons) of high-quality Russian wheat have already been
unloaded at Masis station.
On September 30, Armenian Minister of Agriculture Gerasim Alaverdyan
told journalists that the vans will be unsealed on October 1 with
participation of Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan and the
wheat will be distributed among farms.
As per the program approved by the government for the development of
seed farming and production for 2010-2014, the cultivation areas will
not be expanded the first year. ~SWe aim to produce high-quality seeds.
Thus, preference will be given to those territories, where crops have
not been cultivated for two years.~T
Besides, the Minister noted that the farmers provided with seeds are
obliged to return it at ½ ratio. ~SOnly those farms, which deal with
seed farming, will be able to do it. Thus, preference will be given
to them,~T concluded Gerasim Alaverdyan.
From: A. Papazian
PanARMENIAN.Net
September 30, 2010 - 19:57 AMT 14:57 GMT
16 vans (1,000 tons) of high-quality Russian wheat have already been
unloaded at Masis station.
On September 30, Armenian Minister of Agriculture Gerasim Alaverdyan
told journalists that the vans will be unsealed on October 1 with
participation of Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan and the
wheat will be distributed among farms.
As per the program approved by the government for the development of
seed farming and production for 2010-2014, the cultivation areas will
not be expanded the first year. ~SWe aim to produce high-quality seeds.
Thus, preference will be given to those territories, where crops have
not been cultivated for two years.~T
Besides, the Minister noted that the farmers provided with seeds are
obliged to return it at ½ ratio. ~SOnly those farms, which deal with
seed farming, will be able to do it. Thus, preference will be given
to them,~T concluded Gerasim Alaverdyan.
From: A. Papazian