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ARMENIA'S POTATO PRODUCTION LIKELY TO REACH 658,000 METRIC TONS
Fresh Plaza, The Netherlands
Dec 5 2013
Armenia's potato output this year is about 658,000 tons, slightly more
than last year, when farmers gathered 647,000 tons, deputy agriculture
minister Garnik Petrosyan told a news conference today.
According to him, some 20,000 metric tons of potato have been exported
so far, up from 1000 tons sold by December 1 last year.
He said in view of the fact that some countries have a deficit of
potatoes this year Armenia may sell its surplus to these countries. He
added that Armenia exports potato to Russia, Georgia, Iran, Iraq
and Turkmenistan.
He also downplayed reports that the high price of the omnipresent
vegetable at home is due to increasing exports. Currently one kg
of potato in Yerevan is sold at 140-200 drams. The minister claimed
the price was not high. He said in the past low price often forced
farmers to abandon cultivation of potato. ($ 1 - 403.91 drams).
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Fresh Plaza, The Netherlands
Dec 5 2013
Armenia's potato output this year is about 658,000 tons, slightly more
than last year, when farmers gathered 647,000 tons, deputy agriculture
minister Garnik Petrosyan told a news conference today.
According to him, some 20,000 metric tons of potato have been exported
so far, up from 1000 tons sold by December 1 last year.
He said in view of the fact that some countries have a deficit of
potatoes this year Armenia may sell its surplus to these countries. He
added that Armenia exports potato to Russia, Georgia, Iran, Iraq
and Turkmenistan.
He also downplayed reports that the high price of the omnipresent
vegetable at home is due to increasing exports. Currently one kg
of potato in Yerevan is sold at 140-200 drams. The minister claimed
the price was not high. He said in the past low price often forced
farmers to abandon cultivation of potato. ($ 1 - 403.91 drams).
http://www.freshplaza.com/article/115898/Armenias-potato-production-likely-to-reach-658,000-metric-tons#SlideFrame_1