CROP YIELD DECLINES IN KOTAYK MARZ

Noyan Tapan
Aug 16 2006

HRAZDAN, AUGUST 16, NOYAN TAPAN. The harvest is underway in Kotayk
marz. NT correspondent was informed from Karen Margarian, press
secretary of the Kotayk regional administration that this year autumn
sowing was done on 6,000 ha and spring sowing – on 7,000 ha. He said
that in general, this year was not favorable for the agriculture of
Kotayk marz: the crop yield declined, the areas sown with spring
cultured plants decreased by almost half. By rough estimates, in
2006, it is expected to harvest about 11 thousand tons of grain,
7 thousand tons of potato, 8 thousand tons of friut, 500 tons of
grapes and to cut 25 thousand tons of grass. By comparison, in 2005,
the grain harvest made 24 thousand tons, potatoes – 12 thousand tons,
the fruit harvest – 16 thousand tons, grapes – 1.1 thousand tons and
53.59 thousand tons of grass was cut.

Last year, the total amount of agricultural production in Kotayk marz
made 29.4 bln drams. The milk production amounted to 43,750 tons,
meat production – to 8,900 tons and 178.46 mln eggs was produced.