OWNERS OF PIGS SLAUGHTERED BECAUSE OF AFRICAN PLAGUE IN ARMENIA TO
RECEIVE PECUNIARY AID
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 7, NOYAN TAPAN. This year the Armenian government
will allocate 479 mln 548 thousand drams from its reserve fund to the
ministry of agriculture with the aim of providing assistance to owners
of 18,800 pigs that died or were slaughtered because of African plague
in Armenia in 2007. This decision was taken at the February 7 sitting
of the Armenian government.
The head of the ministry’s food safety and veterinary inspection Grisha
Baghiyan said after the sitting that 1,005 drams (about 3.3 dollars)
will be paid per 1 kg of meat. Pig owners will receive these sums in
banks. According to G. Baghiyan, there are 152 thousand pigs in the
country.
G. Baghiyan announced that in connection with recent cases of bird flu
in Turkey, the respective preventive measures, including strict control
on the Armenian-Turkish border, are being taken in Armenia.