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    EXPERT DEMANDS PROBE INTO LOW-QUALITY SEED IMPORT

    tert.am
    31.07.12

    Hrach Berberyan, the president of the Agrarian-Rural Union of Armenia
    NGO, called to set up a special commission to find out why the wheat
    stem stop growing after reaching few centimeters.

    "The commission should comprise of farmers and not importers.

    President of Russian Semena association Kuzmin should also be engaged
    in it," Berberyan said, adding that examination should be conducted
    to find those in charge. "A crime has been committed and the guilty
    should be punished," he told at a news conference on Monday.

    The expert stressed about the loss of 12-15 percent of wheat,
    claiming that farmers have appeared in desperate situation, urging
    the government to free them from water tax and the commitment to
    return the wheat seeds to the state.

    "There are 8 kinds of wheat seeds in Armenia, of which six have not
    been tested for correspondence to our climate conditions," said he.

    Berberyan claims the seed imported from Russia does not correspond
    to the climate condition of the region. The label on seed packages
    states it is intended for North Caucasus. He said the importers were
    either not aware of the issue or tried to do other thing.

    Berberyan brought with him the labels, showing that there is no
    contact and other necessary information on them.

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