ArmenPress
Feb 2 2005
14,000 RURAL HOUSEHOLDS BENEFIT FROM DEEP WELLS
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 2, ARMENPRESS: Researchers and professors of
Agribusiness training center, an affiliation of the Armenian
Agricultural Academy, conducted recently a study in 55 rural
communities to learn whether 75 deep wells built or reconstructed in
these communities with the assistance of the US Department of
Agriculture, Yerevan office, have had any impact on their
socio-economic conditions.
According to their findings, the wells have brought irrigation
water to 14,000 rural households and 2,562 hectares of land. The
immediate outcome were doubled volumes of agricultural products and
less people choosing to emigrate. Another result was that their plots
have risen in price, about 25 percent.