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SHEEP-BREEDING DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT APPROVED IN ARMENIA
/ARKA/
August 25, 2011
YEREVAN
Armenian government approved a sheep-breeding development concept
on Thursday.
Agriculture Minister Sergo Karapetyan, speaking Thursday at a regular
meeting of the Cabinet, said that this concept would spur development
of this segment of agriculture and form appropriate gene pool for
enhancement of meat yield.
Another aim of this concept is to increase the number of sheep and
to boost pastures' efficiency.
According to the agriculture ministry's data, 420,000 to 450,000 lambs
are born in Armenia every year. Some 220 to 230 of them are for export.
The number of sheep is expected to reach 531,000 this year.
According to the sheep breeding development concept submitted by
the agriculture ministry to the government, the number of sheep in
Armenia would exceed 1.5 million by 2020, and mutton output would
reach 46,500 tons.
/ARKA/
August 25, 2011
YEREVAN
Armenian government approved a sheep-breeding development concept
on Thursday.
Agriculture Minister Sergo Karapetyan, speaking Thursday at a regular
meeting of the Cabinet, said that this concept would spur development
of this segment of agriculture and form appropriate gene pool for
enhancement of meat yield.
Another aim of this concept is to increase the number of sheep and
to boost pastures' efficiency.
According to the agriculture ministry's data, 420,000 to 450,000 lambs
are born in Armenia every year. Some 220 to 230 of them are for export.
The number of sheep is expected to reach 531,000 this year.
According to the sheep breeding development concept submitted by
the agriculture ministry to the government, the number of sheep in
Armenia would exceed 1.5 million by 2020, and mutton output would
reach 46,500 tons.