Armenia’s Deputy Minister of Agriculture Samvel Galstyan met on Friday with farmers of the Shirak Region and informed that 3,000 tons of wheat seeds are planned to be imported to Armenia this year. 

According to the deputy minister, these seeds will be provided to those farmers who have 7 or more hectares of land where grain crops were not previously grown. 687 tons will be supplied to Shirak’s farms, and a total of 145 beneficiaries in Armenia will receive these seeds.    

During their discussion with the Deputy Minister of Agriculture, the farmers informed that the current year was not very favorable for them as a 30-percent crop reduction was registered in some communities, and the croplands had reduced in many communities. “The irrigation water problem of the communities is not resolved, and there is also a shortage of agricultural machinery. Working with the land is risky,” they noted.       

The farmers also informed the deputy minister that not many people in their Region owns large plots of land, whereas the deputy minister stated this is not a social program, and the state will supply the seeds solely to those from whom it will receive double the amount.