Wheat concerns: Agriculture specialist predicts loss of harvest

At a press conference on Monday Hrach Berberyan, the president of the Agrarian-Rural Union of Armenia NGO, spoke about the agricultural year, raising concerns over the poor wheat crop and urging the prime minister to write off the farmers' related debts.

In September 2011, Armenia imported 1,100 tons of high-quality grain seeds from Russia, which was supposed to have high yield. Whereas, according to Berberyan, in the Ararat, Armavir, Shirak and Aragatsotn provinces where the high-quality grain has been grown, the height of the wheat stem is only 17-22 centimeters instead of normal 50-60 centimeters.  Read more... (367 words)

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