Wheat crop areas to grow to 3000 tons of seeds produced yearly
The Government approved today Armenia’s seed-breeding and seed-cultivating program for 2010-2013. RA Minister of Agriculture Gerasim Alaverdyan detailed the program for media representatives in the Government’s Press Center. According to the Minister, no high-standard seeds have been imported into the country for the past 7.10 years due to which wheat crop areas fell to 82,000 ha from 130,000 ha of 2005. Most of 650-720 thousand tons of annually consumed wheat is imported.... more »
