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FARMER, EXPERT AND SUPERMARKET EXPLAIN REASONS FOR CHEESE DEFICIT
20:17 ~U 17.04.13
Harutyun Ghazaryan, a farmer from Chambarak, Gegharkunik region,
Armenia, does not regard as convincing the arguments by Armenia's
Ministry of Agriculture that the seasonal milk production accounts
for the decline in cheese production.
He also refutes rumors about a decline in the livestock population.
"On the contrary, the head of cattle has increased," he told Tert.am.
The cause of deficit of home-produced cheese is a smaller quantity
of milk stocked last year or higher sales of cheese this year.
"The Ashtarak Kat company's storehouse is getting empty because,
for example, it purchased 20 or 25 tons of milk instead of 50 or 60
tons last year," he said.
He does not know the reason for the purchase of smaller quantity of
milk. "Last summer they paid us AMD 120 for a liter, and many refused
to sell," he said. Some people made cheese at home, he said.
Hrach Berberyan, Chairman of the Agrarian peasants Union of Armenia,
claims a decline in livestock population is the cause of lower
cheese output.
He is surprised at the Armenians Ministry of Agriculture's attempts to
deny the decline in livestock population. As a result, milk processing
companies complain about milk deficit. "They slaughtered the cattle
because they had no fodder," Berberyan said. He forecasts a rise in
the milk price this May.
In their turn, food stores and supermarkets put forward the same
arguments as Armenia's Ministry of Agriculture.
SAS, Yerevan City, STAR and VAS supermarkets informed Tert.am they
have not been supplied with the varieties of cheese normally in
demand for more than a week. They gave assurances that the price for
home-produced will remain unchanged.
Armenian News - Tert.am
20:17 ~U 17.04.13
Harutyun Ghazaryan, a farmer from Chambarak, Gegharkunik region,
Armenia, does not regard as convincing the arguments by Armenia's
Ministry of Agriculture that the seasonal milk production accounts
for the decline in cheese production.
He also refutes rumors about a decline in the livestock population.
"On the contrary, the head of cattle has increased," he told Tert.am.
The cause of deficit of home-produced cheese is a smaller quantity
of milk stocked last year or higher sales of cheese this year.
"The Ashtarak Kat company's storehouse is getting empty because,
for example, it purchased 20 or 25 tons of milk instead of 50 or 60
tons last year," he said.
He does not know the reason for the purchase of smaller quantity of
milk. "Last summer they paid us AMD 120 for a liter, and many refused
to sell," he said. Some people made cheese at home, he said.
Hrach Berberyan, Chairman of the Agrarian peasants Union of Armenia,
claims a decline in livestock population is the cause of lower
cheese output.
He is surprised at the Armenians Ministry of Agriculture's attempts to
deny the decline in livestock population. As a result, milk processing
companies complain about milk deficit. "They slaughtered the cattle
because they had no fodder," Berberyan said. He forecasts a rise in
the milk price this May.
In their turn, food stores and supermarkets put forward the same
arguments as Armenia's Ministry of Agriculture.
SAS, Yerevan City, STAR and VAS supermarkets informed Tert.am they
have not been supplied with the varieties of cheese normally in
demand for more than a week. They gave assurances that the price for
home-produced will remain unchanged.
Armenian News - Tert.am