THIS YEAR RODENT CONTROL ACTIVITIES TO BE CARRIED OUT ON 140 THOUSAND
HECTARES

YEREVAN, MARCH 11, NOYAN TAPAN. This year, 135 mln drams (about 270
thousand USD) has been allocated from the state budget, which enables
to carry out rodent control activities by chemical pest-killers on
about 140 thousand hectares. According to the director of the State
Plant Protection Service of the RA Ministry of Agriculture Mukuch
Danelian, chemical pest-killers will be distributed to the communities,
with the respective work to be done from April. M. Danelian noted
that a 2-year Locust Control Program has been implemented since 2004
in Armenia on an area of 17.3 thousand ha, including on 11.7 ha this
year, with a total of 345 thousand USD allocated by the UN’s Food and
Agriculture Organization (FAO). It is envisaged that locust control
activities on another 5 thousand ha will be carried out with the
state budget resources.