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YEREVAN, JUNE 13, ARMENPRESS. The Government of Armenia plans to carry out 35 billion drams in subsidy in the agricultural sector this year, Minister of Economy Vahan Kerobyan said Tuesday.

“If we look at 2006-2010, the total support to agriculture was just 1 billion drams in four years,” Kerobyan told lawmakers in parliament. “We are now talking about 30 billion drams annually. I categorically disagree with the opinion claiming that the farmers are left on their own. Tens of thousands of farming businesses are using our programs. The agriculture in Armenia is now undergoing structural changes, the traditional agriculture is being replaced by high output agriculture,” Kerobyan said, adding that the changes will be seen in statistical figures some time later.