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ARMENIAN PRIME MINISTER VISITS IN GEGHARKUNIK REGION TO OBSERVE WHEAT HARVESTING
ARKA
Sep 1, 2011
YEREVAN, September 1. / ARKA /. Armenian prime minister Tigran
Sarkisian visited today a farm in the village of Lchashen in
Gegharkunik region to observe wheat harvesting. The seeds had been
earlier provided to this farm free as part of a government program
to boos grain production.
Tigran Sarkisian watched harvesting of wheat and sugar beet on a farm
belonging to Ranchpar company. He also talked with local residents.
According to Ranchpar director Onik Sargsyan, the government provided
it with 6 tons of wheat seeds on condition that it returns 12 tons
after gathering this year's crop.
"Thanks to elite seeds we could collect an average 5 tons of wheat
per hectare, twice as much as we used to gather in the past," he said,
adding that they used organic fertilizers to grow the crop.
Ranchpar owns 50 hectares of irrigated land cultivating sugar beets,
potatoes, cabbage, carrots and wheat..
In 2010 the government released $1.5 million for import of 1000 tons
of elite wheat seeds to ease the country's heavy dependence on wheat
imports. The government bought another 500 tons from domestic farmers.
All 1,450 tons were distributed free among farms that have no less
than 7 hectares of land.
Officials say Armenian farmers should be able to meet more than half
of the demand already in 2013. The country annually consumes up to
650,000 tons of food grains and relies on import for nearly two thirds
of its grain consumption.
ARKA
Sep 1, 2011
YEREVAN, September 1. / ARKA /. Armenian prime minister Tigran
Sarkisian visited today a farm in the village of Lchashen in
Gegharkunik region to observe wheat harvesting. The seeds had been
earlier provided to this farm free as part of a government program
to boos grain production.
Tigran Sarkisian watched harvesting of wheat and sugar beet on a farm
belonging to Ranchpar company. He also talked with local residents.
According to Ranchpar director Onik Sargsyan, the government provided
it with 6 tons of wheat seeds on condition that it returns 12 tons
after gathering this year's crop.
"Thanks to elite seeds we could collect an average 5 tons of wheat
per hectare, twice as much as we used to gather in the past," he said,
adding that they used organic fertilizers to grow the crop.
Ranchpar owns 50 hectares of irrigated land cultivating sugar beets,
potatoes, cabbage, carrots and wheat..
In 2010 the government released $1.5 million for import of 1000 tons
of elite wheat seeds to ease the country's heavy dependence on wheat
imports. The government bought another 500 tons from domestic farmers.
All 1,450 tons were distributed free among farms that have no less
than 7 hectares of land.
Officials say Armenian farmers should be able to meet more than half
of the demand already in 2013. The country annually consumes up to
650,000 tons of food grains and relies on import for nearly two thirds
of its grain consumption.