Simon became teary eyed when he spoke about the plight of the land and the villagers who work it. He made an open plea to the government to regard the land and the village farmers as the salt of the earth and “national treasures”, since they keep the country afloat.
These preconditions have laid the ground for the launch of an investment program on the establishment of massive greenhouses in Armenia. For this purpose, undeveloped lands will be allocated in various regions of the Republic with a total area of 2 000 hectares.
I recently visited his operation and Hovhannes said he already had a crop of cucumbers for sale but the market price was ridiculously low. It’s so low that he can’t even pay for the cost of the seed.
Yesterday, five residents of the Aghvanatoun village in Armavir, tool 30,000 bunches of fresh tarragon to the Armenian customs house of Bavra on the Georgian border. They planned to sell their produce on the other side.
The RA government has approved the allocation of 1million AMD to the Yerevan Municipality in order to construct hothouses in the city.