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Grisha Balasanyan

Cold Snap Caused Severe Damage to Fruit Trees in Ararat and Armavir

The recent cold snap has damaged farm crops in the Ararat valley, particularly plum and apricot trees that had blossomed due to the preceding warm weather. The Armavir Regional Authority told Hetq that the region’s entire apricot crop of some 3,360 hectares had been damaged as well as 350 hectares of plum fields. Armavir authorities say they have contacted the state government in Yerevan and are awaiting the creation of an inter-departmental unit to assess the damage sustained. Tigran Virabyan, from the Ararat Regional Authority’s Agricultural Department told Hetq that 3,700 hectares of apricot fields had been damaged by the freeze as well. Mr. Virabyan said that local inspection units are out in the field to get a better picture of total losses and that a final report will be filed in 2-3 days. "Let’s wait till the weather gets back to normal and see where we stand," he said.

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