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President of Agricultural Association of Armenia: The farmers that
have sustained big losses because of poor-quality seeds have the right
to appeal to court
arminfo
Saturday, May 26, 15:55
The farmers that have sustained big losses because of the
poor-quality seeds provided by the Agriculture Ministry instead of the
good seeds imported into the country from Russia last year have the
right to appeal to court, President of Agricultural Association of
Armenia Hrach Berberyan told journalists on Friday.
He said that in some regions the wheat had short stems because of the
poor quality of the seeds and was hard to gather. But the whole
problem is that the farmers were given the seeds on condition that
they would have to return them twofold and to pay 160 AMD or $0.4 per
each kilogram of reproduced seeds.
A week ago Acting Head of the Plant Growing and Protection Department
of the Agriculture Ministry Gevork Harutyunyan said that the Ministry
was aware of the situation, but it was early yet to speak about
compensation, especially as nothing like that was mentioned in the
contracts.
Berberyan said that the seeds the farmers were given were 4-5 year old
and mixed with infected rye seeds. He explained that in 2010 Armenia
imported 1,000 tons of high quality wheat seeds from Russia, while in
2011 it bought seeds from Dnipropetrovsk and Odessa regions of
Ukraine, where there are now seed producing companies.
have sustained big losses because of poor-quality seeds have the right
to appeal to court
arminfo
Saturday, May 26, 15:55
The farmers that have sustained big losses because of the
poor-quality seeds provided by the Agriculture Ministry instead of the
good seeds imported into the country from Russia last year have the
right to appeal to court, President of Agricultural Association of
Armenia Hrach Berberyan told journalists on Friday.
He said that in some regions the wheat had short stems because of the
poor quality of the seeds and was hard to gather. But the whole
problem is that the farmers were given the seeds on condition that
they would have to return them twofold and to pay 160 AMD or $0.4 per
each kilogram of reproduced seeds.
A week ago Acting Head of the Plant Growing and Protection Department
of the Agriculture Ministry Gevork Harutyunyan said that the Ministry
was aware of the situation, but it was early yet to speak about
compensation, especially as nothing like that was mentioned in the
contracts.
Berberyan said that the seeds the farmers were given were 4-5 year old
and mixed with infected rye seeds. He explained that in 2010 Armenia
imported 1,000 tons of high quality wheat seeds from Russia, while in
2011 it bought seeds from Dnipropetrovsk and Odessa regions of
Ukraine, where there are now seed producing companies.