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PROTESTING VARDENIS FARMERS' PROPERTY FROZEN BECAUSE OF ACCUMULATED DEBTS
07.17.2014 16:51 epress.am
Several dozen farmers from Vardenis held a protest outside the Armenian
government building today, demanding a meeting with RA Prime Minister
Hovik Abrahamyan.
Speaking to Epress.am, they said that, a 2011 government decision led
the Ministry of Agriculture to import substandard seeds, which do not
yield crops, resulting in the property and assets of 150 farmers to
be frozen because of their accumulated debts.
"The wheat didn't sprout; we've repeatedly proven that the the
seed agency deceived us. They were supposed to import the 970 tons
of autumn sowing, high-quality seeds from Seeds of Stavropol, but,
breaching the decision, instead they imported it from [the Russian]
United Grain Company -- the Control Chamber recorded the violations
in 2012. They distributed the seeds for us to return them later,
but that year there was a drought, they didn't grow. The next year
we planted the same [seeds] again, the weather was favorable, but it
turned out the seeds were substandard," one of the farmers, Vardan
Hayrapetyan, informed Epress.am.
Protesting farmer Gagik Yeghiazaryan said that the Ministry of
Agriculture is not promising any solutions to the issue, keeping
them waiting for years, but today they came to get an answer from
the government.
"What I have [my property] is frozen; I took on expenses, I burned
the field so that I can plant, but I don't have seeds. I can't
take out a loan, at least to buy seeds. The field awaits, empty,"
said Yeghiazaryan.
After today's cabinet meeting, the farmers met with head of the
government's Department for Reception of Citizens and Discussion of
Petitions Aleksandr Ghazaryan, who informed them that discussions on
the matter are being held.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EazRZV9t6M
http://www.epress.am/en/2014/07/17/protesting-vardenis-farmers-property-frozen-because-of-accumulated-debts.html
07.17.2014 16:51 epress.am
Several dozen farmers from Vardenis held a protest outside the Armenian
government building today, demanding a meeting with RA Prime Minister
Hovik Abrahamyan.
Speaking to Epress.am, they said that, a 2011 government decision led
the Ministry of Agriculture to import substandard seeds, which do not
yield crops, resulting in the property and assets of 150 farmers to
be frozen because of their accumulated debts.
"The wheat didn't sprout; we've repeatedly proven that the the
seed agency deceived us. They were supposed to import the 970 tons
of autumn sowing, high-quality seeds from Seeds of Stavropol, but,
breaching the decision, instead they imported it from [the Russian]
United Grain Company -- the Control Chamber recorded the violations
in 2012. They distributed the seeds for us to return them later,
but that year there was a drought, they didn't grow. The next year
we planted the same [seeds] again, the weather was favorable, but it
turned out the seeds were substandard," one of the farmers, Vardan
Hayrapetyan, informed Epress.am.
Protesting farmer Gagik Yeghiazaryan said that the Ministry of
Agriculture is not promising any solutions to the issue, keeping
them waiting for years, but today they came to get an answer from
the government.
"What I have [my property] is frozen; I took on expenses, I burned
the field so that I can plant, but I don't have seeds. I can't
take out a loan, at least to buy seeds. The field awaits, empty,"
said Yeghiazaryan.
After today's cabinet meeting, the farmers met with head of the
government's Department for Reception of Citizens and Discussion of
Petitions Aleksandr Ghazaryan, who informed them that discussions on
the matter are being held.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EazRZV9t6M
http://www.epress.am/en/2014/07/17/protesting-vardenis-farmers-property-frozen-because-of-accumulated-debts.html