YEREVAN. – Armenia’s Agriculture Ministry is working on a program for the development of small greenhouses, Minister Sergo Karapetyan told reporters.

The project will focus on the greenhouse area of ​​less than one thousand square meters.

“The program that we want to confirm in the government is aimed at supporting farmers’ employment beyond the agricultural season,” Karapetyan noted.

According to the data of the Association of Geenhouses, the country has about 40 hectares of greenhouses. However, a large part of them was not working this year ​​due to increase in gas prices.