PROGRESS RECORDED IN STOCK-RAISING IN NAGORNO-KARABAKH IN 1ST HALF OF 2007
ARKA News Agency, Armenia
Aug 27 2007
STEPANAKERT, August 27. /ARKA/. Certain progress was recorded in
stock-raising in Nagorno-Karabakh in the first half of 2007.
In the period the gross value of cattle-breeding made AMD 4,055.6
mln at actual prices, which is a 2.6% increase (at comparable prices)
as compared with the same period of the previous year.
As of July 1 2007 the livestock grew by 7.6% in the country as compared
with the same period of 2006, including the livestock of cows by 3.3%,
pigs by 12.9%, smalls by 14.7% and poultry by 6.4%.
In the first half of 2007 1,329.4 tons of meat and poultry (live
weight) was sold; 15,891.8 tons of milk, 7,362,500 eggs and 67.9 tons
of wool were produced.
In January-June 2007 production of meat, milk, eggs and wool increased
by 5.1%, 0.6%, 12.1% and 2.7% respectively.