Wheat Defecit: Bread Prices Jump in Lori

11:57, October 31, 2012

In Armenia's Lori Region, planting cereal grains for bread and other staples has ground to a halt.

Grigor Hakobyan, Chief of the Agricultural and Environmental Department at the Lori Regional Authority, told Hetq that only 6,000 hectares of the 42,000 registered as "arable land" has received a fall planting of wheat.

"The state government allocated 294 tons of wheat seed for planting and we distributed it through all the villages," said Hakօbyan. The fall planting continues until November 10 and he hopes the planted acreage will increase.

Last year, 8,700 hectares got a fall plating of wheat.  Read more... (362 words)

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