ArmInfo. In the Ararat region, large by the country's standards cotton production factory will be commissioned soon, which will provide about 300 people with work.The company will work on local raw materials. Together with "Uzbek Textile", cotton fields have already been planted in an area of 200 hectares. This was announced by Governor of the Ararat region Garik Sargsyan, informing reporters about the results for 2019.
According to the governor, several more large investment programs have begun in the region. So, in the village of Mkhchyan, at this stage, a major investment program is being implemented, within the framework of which a wholesale and retail agricultural market is being built on an area of 11 hectares. As the governor pointed out, our compatriot from the Russian Federation is going to invest about $ 4.5 million in the project. The project will be completed in the first half of 2020.
In the Kakhtsrashen community, planting of vineyards is planned, and then - the construction of an enterprise for the production of wine and brandy products. The company will provide jobs for about 50-60 people, and the products will also be exported.
The next investment project concerns soybean production. An investor in various communities leased about 115 hectares of land. It is planned that within the framework of the program, farmers in the region will be supplied with soy seeds and fertilizer, and the resulting product will then be accepted for processing. In the future, the investor plans to build a soybean processing plant.
Another major project that started back in 2018 concerns the construction of an agricultural processing enterprise. The project has already demanded half a million dollars in investments; in the future, the plant will provide jobs for about 70 people.
As for the purchasing season, according to Sargsyan, the volume of grapes purchased in 2019 doubled. In 18 companies of the region, harvesting of agricultural products reached 110 thousand tons instead of 62 thousand tons in 2018. The area of greenhouses has also increased - from 320 hectares in 2018 to 360 hectares in the current.