ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT TO IMPORT 415 COWS

ARKA
Oct 28, 2008

YEREVAN, October 28. /ARKA/. The RA Government will assign 500mln
AMD to buy 415 cows under the program on importing pedigree cattle
to Armenia, said the RA Minister of Agriculture Aramayis Grigoryan
at Parliament Committees’ discussions of the state budget project
for 2009.

According to him, â~B¬2,450 will be assigned to purchase one cow in
its 4-5 months of pregnancy from Austria.

"The program is definitely justified as we had an experience, and 417
heads of cattle were provided to large private agricultural entities
in 2008," he said.

The Minister noted 133 cows were imported in 2008.

The cattle are provided to farmers under a lease agreement with a
four-year term without interest.

Grigoryan believes the program will enable to increase the heads and
gene pool of pedigree cattle.

According to preliminary data of the Ministry of Agriculture, the
number of cattle heads will reach 20,000-22,000 in four years if
5,000 heads are imported to Armenia.

The exchange rate of Armenian dram is built into next year’s budget
plan at 302.4 AMD for US $1 next year.

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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress