AREAS UNDER GRAIN CROPS REDUCED IN ARMAVIR MARZ
Noyan Tapan
Aug 09 2006
ARMAVIR, AUGUST 9, NOYAN TAPAN. Over the last three years, the areas
under gain crops in Armavir marz have been reduced almost to half –
from 22 thousand ha to 12 thousand ha. Sanasar Baghdasarian, deputy
head of the agriculture and nature protection department of the Armavir
regional administration, told NT correspondent that although the marz
has no problem with water irrigation, the average grain crop yield
made only 30 centners because of this year’s drought. According to
him, the areas sown with gourds and melons, perennial plants and vine
yards have been increased in the marz at the expense of reducing the
areas under grain crops.