Agriculture Minister Sergo Karapetian on Friday brushed aside farmers' complaints about the quality of so-called "elite seeds" which the Armenian government had distributed to them in an effort to increase wheat production in the country.
The government purchased 1,000 metric tons of such seeds from Russia in 2010 and a similar amount last year as part of a four-year plan to reduce Armenia's heavy dependence on grain imports. Farmers receiving them are obliged to supply the state with twice as many seeds after their harvests.
Armenian News
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