Export potential of organic agricultural production is used incompletely in ArmeniaMay 26, 2010 - 19:32 AMT 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. Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion. Partner news | Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan. Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”. 41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience. Armenia votes for UN resolution granting Palestine new rights The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on May 10 to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine. |