ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT ALLOCATES 250 MILLION DRAMS FOR ANTIHAIL STATIONS

NOYAN TAPAN
OCTOBER 22, 2009
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 22, NOYAN TAPAN. By a decision taken at the October 22
sitting of the RA government, 250 million drams (675.7 thousand USD)
of a Japanese grant will be allocated for the purchase of antihail
stations. According to RA Minister of Agriculture Gerasim Alaverdian,
the antihail stations will be installed in Armavir and Ararat Marzes
to protect about 3 thousand ha of agricultural lands.

Annual losses of the country’s agricultural sector as a result of
natural disasters amount to 13-20 million USD, including losses of
7-10 million USD because of hail.

Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan said considerable sums would be
provided for antuhail systems in 2010 to qualitatively improve the
hail-suppression service in Armenia.