SPRING SOWING PROCEEDS SLOWLY IN SYUNIK BECAUSE OF UNFAVORABLE WEATHER
KAPAN, MAY 29, NOYAN TAPAN. As of May 26, spring sowing work was done
on 5.8 thousand ha out of the planned area of 7-8 thousand ha in
Syunik marz (3.4 thousand ha was sown with grain crops). Deputy head
of the agriculture and nature protection department of the regional
administration Vahram Avanesian told NT correspondent that the work is
proceeding slowly due to unfavorable weather. It was noted that
although the number of rodents has considerably declined in
agricultural zones of the marz in recent years, the local farms will
be allocated chemical pest-killers. However, weeds have grown in the
areas under crops because of high humidity this year, which will also
hinder the work. At the same time, according to V. Avanesian, the
Armenian government has supplied the marz with 19 thousand tons of
nitric fertilizer at low prices. The process of transporting the
fertilizer to the marz and its distribution has entered its final
stage.