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  • Livestock Growth Expected At 2.5% In Armenia By End 2014

    LIVESTOCK GROWTH EXPECTED AT 2.5% IN ARMENIA BY END 2014

    YEREVAN, December 19. /ARKA/. Armenia's livestock is expected to grow
    by 2-5% by January 1 2015, compared to the year before, first deputy
    minister of agriculture Grisha Baghiyan said on Friday.

    Cattle numbers are expected at about 695,000, sheep and goats at
    750,000 heads, pigs at 145,000 and hens at about 5 million by the
    end of this year, Baghiyan told a press conference on Friday.

    The livestock farming capacity will increase as well, he said. As
    of January 1, 2015, meat production will total about 165,000 tons,
    by 18,000 more than the year before. Milk production will amount to
    718,000 tons, 61,000 tons more than in 2013, and the egg production
    will be 644 million pieces, by 28.8 million more than the year before.

    A number of measures and programs implemented by the ministry of
    agriculture helped increase livestock farming. These measures include
    breed improvements, automation, vaccination, and etc., Baghiyan said.

    According to the ministry of agriculture, cattle numbers were 671,000
    heads, sheep and goats were 705,000 heads and number of pigs was
    145,000 in Armenia as of the end of 2013. -0--

    http://arka.am/en/news/economy/livestock_growth_expected_at_2_5_in_armenia_by_end _2014/#sthash.pZywMihi.dpuf

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