Area under crops in Armenia is to increase to at least 70% in 3-4 years
14.11.2019,
17:37
The area under crops in Armenia is to increase from the current 54% of the total to at least 70% in 3-4 years, Armenian Minister of Economy Tigran Khachatryan said on Thursday when presenting the draft state budget for 2020.
YEREVAN, November 14. /ARКА/. The area under crops in Armenia is to increase from the current 54% of the total to at least 70% in 3-4 years, Armenian Minister of Economy Tigran Khachatryan said on Thursday when presenting the draft state budget for 2020.
According to the minister, the goal may seem to be modest, 'but this is not so, since this issue includes numerous unresolved problems.' He said that land plots are small, and in many cases the owners are not interested in agricultural activities.
'These problems should be addressed in the framework of the planned measures, and an environment is created now for landowners and farmers so that their interaction is mutually beneficial," said Khachatryan.
“Today we have about 8-9 greenhouse construction projects. We assist farmers to apply new technologies more widely. Intensive development is a direction that makes farms more efficient in the case of small plots of land, " he said.
According to him, such technologies are expensive at first glance, and that is why the government shares this burden with farmers. -0-
According to the minister, the goal may seem to be modest, 'but this is not so, since this issue includes numerous unresolved problems.' He said that land plots are small, and in many cases the owners are not interested in agricultural activities.
'These problems should be addressed in the framework of the planned measures, and an environment is created now for landowners and farmers so that their interaction is mutually beneficial," said Khachatryan.
“Today we have about 8-9 greenhouse construction projects. We assist farmers to apply new technologies more widely. Intensive development is a direction that makes farms more efficient in the case of small plots of land, " he said.
According to him, such technologies are expensive at first glance, and that is why the government shares this burden with farmers. -0-
