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ARMENIAN IRRIGATION SYSTEMS NEED TO BE DEMONOPOLIZED - EXPERT
YEREVAN, March 26. /ARKA/. The irrigation system should be
demonopolized in Armenia, head of the agrarian-peasant union of
Armenia Hrach Berberyan said.
The field was monopolized when the association of water users replaced
the ministry of agriculture in dealing with irrigation systems in 2012,
Berberyan told a press conference Wednesday.
According to the expert, the monopoly leads to restrictions for
local farmers and makes them depend on the association. Alternative
organizations empowered to sign agreements with rural communities
on supply of irrigation water should be created in the country,
Berberyan said. These organizations will then have an opportunity
to settle irrigation water tariffs and create conditions for their
reduction, he added.
Irrigation water costs 11 drams per cubic meter today, as compared
to 8 drams in 2010. Irrigated area totals about 130,000 hectares in
Armenia, compared to 270,000 hectares in Soviet times. -0--
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YEREVAN, March 26. /ARKA/. The irrigation system should be
demonopolized in Armenia, head of the agrarian-peasant union of
Armenia Hrach Berberyan said.
The field was monopolized when the association of water users replaced
the ministry of agriculture in dealing with irrigation systems in 2012,
Berberyan told a press conference Wednesday.
According to the expert, the monopoly leads to restrictions for
local farmers and makes them depend on the association. Alternative
organizations empowered to sign agreements with rural communities
on supply of irrigation water should be created in the country,
Berberyan said. These organizations will then have an opportunity
to settle irrigation water tariffs and create conditions for their
reduction, he added.
Irrigation water costs 11 drams per cubic meter today, as compared
to 8 drams in 2010. Irrigated area totals about 130,000 hectares in
Armenia, compared to 270,000 hectares in Soviet times. -0--
- See more at:
http://arka.am/en/news/economy/armenian_irrigation_systems_need_to_be_demonopoliz ed_expert/#sthash.ZkPvJig0.dpuf