LANDS OF 27 THOUSAND HA TO BE SOWN WITH TRUCK CROPS AND MELONS IN ARMENIA THIS YEAR

Noyan Tapan
Apr 17 2007

YEREVAN, APRIL 17, NOYAN TAPAN. Lands of the total area of 27 thousand
ha will be sown with truck crops and melons in Armenia this year. NT
correspondent was informed from the Plant Cultivation and Seed Growing
Department of the RA Ministry of Agriculture that young tomato plants
will occupy an area of 8-9 thousand ha, while demand for high-quality
tomato seeds has grown this year.

In order to meet this demand, seeds of such tomato varieties as "Dick",
"Reed", "Elitar Pakhmurny" and greenhouse type "Florida" have already
been imported into Armenia.

Other truck crop and melon seeds to be distributed to farms are of
local production: they will be allocated by the RA Scientific Center
of Truck and Industrial Crops, the Gyumri Selection Station and by
the Sortseedvegetable companies of Akhurian and Armavir.

To recap, last year the gross croppage of vegetables amounted to 780
thousand 25 tons, with the average crop yield making 309.8 centners.