ARMENIA: AGRICULTURAL DAMAGE FROM HAIL GROSSED AMD 13.5 BILLION IN 2009
PanARMENIAN.Net
08.12.2009 19:25 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Over 2009, 270 Armenian communities suffered
agricultural damages from hail, resulting in the loss of 10-90%
of harvest. Damages were assessed at AMD 12.5 -13.5 billion, Samvel
Galstyan, Vice Minister of Agriculture said.
As the Vice Minister noted at today’s news conference, 2009’s grain
crops were decreased by 50 000 tons compared with 2008, totaling
361.5 thousand tons.
Samvel Galstyan briefed the news conference on agriculture support
programs’ implementation, especially noting that 15 hail suppression
stations, set up in 12 Armenian communities, were of significant help
in fighting difficult weather conditions.