Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

Minister Predicts 3-5% Agricultural Growth

Collapse
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

  • Minister Predicts 3-5% Agricultural Growth

    MINISTER PREDICTS 3-5% AGRICULTURAL GROWTH

    /ARKA/
    July 29, 2010
    YEREVAN

    YEREVAN, July 29, /ARKA/. Armenian agricultural minister Gerasim
    Alaverdian predicted today a 3-5% full-year agricultural GDP growth
    for 2010.

    According to government data, Armenia's agriculture shrank by 13.1%
    in the first half of the year, blamed by officials on poor climatic
    conditions.

    The minister recalled that last year's crop of fruits and vegetables
    amounted to 161,000 tons, while now only 80.,000 tons have been
    gathered. He predicted a better crop gathering rate in the second
    half of the year. In his words, the predicted growth will be due to
    anticipated high yield of grapes, estimated by experts to be around
    215,000 tons. The minister said production of meat and fowl are also
    expected to grow.




    From: A. Papazian
Working...
X