Export potential of organic agricultural production is used incompletely in Armenia

PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan said that the current annual export potential in the field of organic agricultural production totals over $250mln in Armenia.

Currently, the signed agreements on purchase of organic products exceed the country’s opportunities by two times, Sargsyan told journalists in Enokavan village of Tavush region, Armenia.

“We have 100,000 young fruit plants to provide them to farming enterprises, which are ready to plant them at a territory of over 3ha,” the Prime Minister said.

During his visit to the region, Sargsyan also visited Tamara Fruit CJSC to familiarize himself with the company’s activity.

“Tamara Fruit guarantees that it will purchase the entire production of farming enterprises. It means that the field of organic production starts developing actively: there are not problems with funds and young plants. There are only organizational issues related to signing of agreements between companies and farming enterprises,” the Prime Minister said.

Sargsyan also promised that the cultivation of organic gardens will have a continuous nature, as this field is among priorities for the development of agriculture in the country.

He added that similar gardens will be cultivated also in other regions of Armenia.