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ARMENIA'S PROCESSING ENTERPRISES TO BUY OVER 86,000 TONS OF VEGGIES AND FRUITS FROM FARMERS IN 2013
YEREVAN, April 3. /ARKA/. The Armenian processing enterprises are
ready to purchase nearly 86,500 tons of fruits and vegetables from
farmers in 2013, Robert Makaryan, Deputy Minister of Agriculture,
told reporters on Wednesday.
"Our monitoring of the processing companies demonstrated they are
ready to purchase about 58,000 tons of vegetables (51000 tons of
which will be tomatoes) and 28,500 tons of fruits," he said.
According to Makaryan, compared to 2012 the expected purchases will
rise by 27,000 tons this year.
He also noted in 2012 the processing enterprises and farms reached
6,900 agreements on purchases, 5,900 of them- on grape purchases.
"This year we will try to increase the number of the agreements
since the farmers will get a guarantee on selling their production,
and the processing enterprises- on getting raw products," he clarified.
Makaryan appealed to farmers to demonstrate bigger activity in signing
agreements as it will help them to orient in choosing appropriate
enterprises. -0-
YEREVAN, April 3. /ARKA/. The Armenian processing enterprises are
ready to purchase nearly 86,500 tons of fruits and vegetables from
farmers in 2013, Robert Makaryan, Deputy Minister of Agriculture,
told reporters on Wednesday.
"Our monitoring of the processing companies demonstrated they are
ready to purchase about 58,000 tons of vegetables (51000 tons of
which will be tomatoes) and 28,500 tons of fruits," he said.
According to Makaryan, compared to 2012 the expected purchases will
rise by 27,000 tons this year.
He also noted in 2012 the processing enterprises and farms reached
6,900 agreements on purchases, 5,900 of them- on grape purchases.
"This year we will try to increase the number of the agreements
since the farmers will get a guarantee on selling their production,
and the processing enterprises- on getting raw products," he clarified.
Makaryan appealed to farmers to demonstrate bigger activity in signing
agreements as it will help them to orient in choosing appropriate
enterprises. -0-