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Armenia Assesses Hail-Caused Damage

13.06.2008, 21:56
Armenian Agricultural Ministry is assessing the hail-caused damage which Armenian farmers have suffered recently, Armenian Agriculture Minister Aramayis Grigoryan has said.
YEREVAN, June 13. /ARKA/. Armenian Agricultural Ministry is assessing the hail-caused damage which Armenian farmers have suffered recently, Armenian Agriculture Minister Aramayis Grigoryan has said. The minister said 20-22 villages in the region of Ararat have suffered most from the hail.

The government has set up a task force from the representatives of the ministries of territorial administration and agriculture, as well as the regional administration of Ararat, to specify the size of the damage and submit a package of proposals to the government.

However, Grigoryan said, the damage is not too big to tell upon the harvest since only several communities have been affected. -0-