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GRAIN CROP YIELD DECLINES BY 60% IN LOW-LYING REGIONS OF KOTAYK MARZ
Noyan Tapan
Aug 29 2006
HRAZDAN, AUGUST 29, NOYAN TAPAN. The harvest of grain has completed
on 10 thousand hectares in low-lying regions of Kotayk marz. Mher
Eghiazarian, head of the agriculture department of the Kotayk regional
administration, told NT correspondent that this year the crop yield
declined by 60%, mainly due to unfavorable climatic conditions. The
average crop yield in low-lying regions made 8 centners against 19
centners last year. The grain harvest is underway in mountainous
regions of the marz where areas under crops cover about 4 thousand
ha. Haymaking was completed: over 30 thousand tons of grass and
2 thousand tons of straw was cut, which is by 50% less than last
year. The harvest of fruit and vegetables was completed by 30% and
will continue until November.
According to the latest information, as of August 25, about 4 thousand
tons of vegetables, 3 thousand tons of fruit and 900 tons of potato
was harvested. Out of 700 ha of areas under sown with potato, harvest
was finished only on 60 ha.
Noyan Tapan
Aug 29 2006
HRAZDAN, AUGUST 29, NOYAN TAPAN. The harvest of grain has completed
on 10 thousand hectares in low-lying regions of Kotayk marz. Mher
Eghiazarian, head of the agriculture department of the Kotayk regional
administration, told NT correspondent that this year the crop yield
declined by 60%, mainly due to unfavorable climatic conditions. The
average crop yield in low-lying regions made 8 centners against 19
centners last year. The grain harvest is underway in mountainous
regions of the marz where areas under crops cover about 4 thousand
ha. Haymaking was completed: over 30 thousand tons of grass and
2 thousand tons of straw was cut, which is by 50% less than last
year. The harvest of fruit and vegetables was completed by 30% and
will continue until November.
According to the latest information, as of August 25, about 4 thousand
tons of vegetables, 3 thousand tons of fruit and 900 tons of potato
was harvested. Out of 700 ha of areas under sown with potato, harvest
was finished only on 60 ha.