ArmInfo.In the period from February 8, 2017 to March 14, the procurement enterprises paid debts to farmers for raw materials purchased in 2015-2016, in the amount of 740.4 million AMD.
As the Ministry of Agriculture of Armenia press service told ArmInfo, as of February 8-22 processing enterprises for purchased grapes and fruits and vegetables in 2015-2016 did not pay farmers 1486.5 million AMD. "Currently, 5 companies have fully fulfilled their financial obligations to the villagers. On the proposal of the Ministry, in order to fulfill financial obligations to farmers and control over the process, the processing enterprises compiled a schedule of repayment of debts", the ministry said.
Earlier, during the meeting in the Ministry of Agriculture it was noted that in general, in 2016 processing enterprises of the country owed the farmers 1505.6 million AMD, and the debt for 2015 is 105.6 million AMD.