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  • Armenia's Potato Production Likely To Reach 658,000 Metric Tons

    ARMENIA'S POTATO PRODUCTION LIKELY TO REACH 658,000 METRIC TONS

    Fresh Plaza, The Netherlands
    Dec 5 2013

    Armenia's potato output this year is about 658,000 tons, slightly more
    than last year, when farmers gathered 647,000 tons, deputy agriculture
    minister Garnik Petrosyan told a news conference today.

    According to him, some 20,000 metric tons of potato have been exported
    so far, up from 1000 tons sold by December 1 last year.

    He said in view of the fact that some countries have a deficit of
    potatoes this year Armenia may sell its surplus to these countries. He
    added that Armenia exports potato to Russia, Georgia, Iran, Iraq
    and Turkmenistan.

    He also downplayed reports that the high price of the omnipresent
    vegetable at home is due to increasing exports. Currently one kg
    of potato in Yerevan is sold at 140-200 drams. The minister claimed
    the price was not high. He said in the past low price often forced
    farmers to abandon cultivation of potato. ($ 1 - 403.91 drams).

    http://www.freshplaza.com/article/115898/Armenias-potato-production-likely-to-reach-658,000-metric-tons#SlideFrame_1

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