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FERTILIZERS FROM BIRD DROPPINGS NOT SUFFICIENT TO MEET LOCAL DEMAND IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN, September 4. /ARKA/. Production of fertilizers from bird
droppings is effective, but not able to meet the local demand,
Armenia's deputy minister of agriculture Garnik Petrosyan said.
A group of scientists from agriculture motorization research
institute headed by Stepan Khoetsyan developed a technology of
producing granulated organic and organic-mineral fertilizers based
on bird droppings.
According to Khoetsyan, production of fertilizers from bird droppings
will allow to substantially (by 50-60%) solve the problem of fertilizer
deficit in Armenia.
This sort of fertilizers is very efficient, yet not sufficient,
Petrosyan said. The studies showed that only some 12,000 tons of
fertilizers could be produced from about 1 million birds at local
poultry factories, and this will be sufficient for cultivating only
some 4,000 hectares of a total of 370,000 hectares cultivated in
Armenia, Petrosyan told a press conference.
He also said today most poultry factories use bird droppings for
their own purposes, and there is no dropping collection mechanism at
this stage.
On October 21, 2011, Armenian government made a decision
to develop bio-fertilizer market and started importing
about 25-30,000 nitrogen fertilizers every year, mainly
from Georgia, Iran and Russia.-0-- - See more at:
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YEREVAN, September 4. /ARKA/. Production of fertilizers from bird
droppings is effective, but not able to meet the local demand,
Armenia's deputy minister of agriculture Garnik Petrosyan said.
A group of scientists from agriculture motorization research
institute headed by Stepan Khoetsyan developed a technology of
producing granulated organic and organic-mineral fertilizers based
on bird droppings.
According to Khoetsyan, production of fertilizers from bird droppings
will allow to substantially (by 50-60%) solve the problem of fertilizer
deficit in Armenia.
This sort of fertilizers is very efficient, yet not sufficient,
Petrosyan said. The studies showed that only some 12,000 tons of
fertilizers could be produced from about 1 million birds at local
poultry factories, and this will be sufficient for cultivating only
some 4,000 hectares of a total of 370,000 hectares cultivated in
Armenia, Petrosyan told a press conference.
He also said today most poultry factories use bird droppings for
their own purposes, and there is no dropping collection mechanism at
this stage.
On October 21, 2011, Armenian government made a decision
to develop bio-fertilizer market and started importing
about 25-30,000 nitrogen fertilizers every year, mainly
from Georgia, Iran and Russia.-0-- - See more at:
http://arka.am/en/news/economy/fertilizers_from_bird_droppings_not_sufficient_to_ meet_local_demand_in_armenia/#sthash.bb4zvMfn.dpuf