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132.4% Year-On-Year Growth In Armenia's Gross Agricultural Product In Jan-July 2011
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August 24, 2011
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, August 24. /ARKA/. Armenia recorded 132.4% year-on-year
growth in gross agricultural product on August 1, 2011, Grisha Baghian,
first deputy agriculture minister, said Wednesday at a news conference.
"Certain progress was seen in cattle breeding," he said. "This
segment's gross product grew 1.2% over the mentioned period."
The number of cows in Armenia grew by 1,600 by early August, compared
with the same month a year earlier.
The number of sheep and goats grew by 23,500 and pigs by 3,500.
Milk output grew by 3,000 tons for seven months to 400,000 tons,
and meet output grew by 1,500 tons to 3,000.
Instead egg output shrank 20% over the period between August 1, 2010
and August 1, 2011. Some 380 million eggs were produced for the first
seven months of this year.
The deputy minister said that there was excessive egg output at the
same period a year before. Poultry farms then had to butcher 150,000
laying hens. "However, I think this segment will show growth later
this year," Baghyan said.
In his words, necessary ground is laid in Armenia for agriculture
growth in 2012.
He said the number of cows will grow by 2,500 by 2012, compared with
the previous year, to 535,000, pigs by 2,500 to 120,000 and sheep
and goats by 29,000 to 600,000.
According to the agriculture ministry's projection, the 2011 meet
output will be greater than that of the previous year by 3,000 tons.
The ministry expects 127,000 tons this year.
Milk output is expected to grow by 8,000 or 9,000 tons to 610,000
tons.
/ARKA/
August 24, 2011
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, August 24. /ARKA/. Armenia recorded 132.4% year-on-year
growth in gross agricultural product on August 1, 2011, Grisha Baghian,
first deputy agriculture minister, said Wednesday at a news conference.
"Certain progress was seen in cattle breeding," he said. "This
segment's gross product grew 1.2% over the mentioned period."
The number of cows in Armenia grew by 1,600 by early August, compared
with the same month a year earlier.
The number of sheep and goats grew by 23,500 and pigs by 3,500.
Milk output grew by 3,000 tons for seven months to 400,000 tons,
and meet output grew by 1,500 tons to 3,000.
Instead egg output shrank 20% over the period between August 1, 2010
and August 1, 2011. Some 380 million eggs were produced for the first
seven months of this year.
The deputy minister said that there was excessive egg output at the
same period a year before. Poultry farms then had to butcher 150,000
laying hens. "However, I think this segment will show growth later
this year," Baghyan said.
In his words, necessary ground is laid in Armenia for agriculture
growth in 2012.
He said the number of cows will grow by 2,500 by 2012, compared with
the previous year, to 535,000, pigs by 2,500 to 120,000 and sheep
and goats by 29,000 to 600,000.
According to the agriculture ministry's projection, the 2011 meet
output will be greater than that of the previous year by 3,000 tons.
The ministry expects 127,000 tons this year.
Milk output is expected to grow by 8,000 or 9,000 tons to 610,000
tons.