ArmInfo. "Today the situation in agriculture is complicated, we won't last so long, I believe that this year the indicators will be slightly worse than in the previous one," said Hrach Berberyan, the head of the NGO Agrarian and Peasant Association, during a press conference.
In this regard, he noted that the sown area of grain was halved. <If Russia does not give this wheat, what are you going to do?>, Berberyan asked a question, addressing the government. In addition, he emphasized that the moth problem has not yet been overcome. In this regard, the head of the Union said that the moth was already seen in the Stepanavan region, which should not have been if a fight had been waged on time. At the same time, he noted that the problem with moths concerns not only tomatoes, but also eggplant and early potatoes.
At the same time, Bereberyan noted that banks use every opportunity to not give loans to farmers: <For example, a person imported planting material, tools, customs, in turn, imposed fines and he can't get a loan to pay this money >. From day to day, the bank, according to Berberyan, reschedules the decision, requesting each time another document from the farmer. In this vein, he emphasized that the government should not work with banks, but with farmers.
Meanwhile, we note that according to the Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia, in the first quarter of 2020, the gross agricultural output of the Republic of Armenia increased by 4.5%, amounting to 73.6 billion drams.
