EcoLur
This year Gegharkounik region was left without the harvest of fodder grass. Climate changes or just poor harvest, but the fact is the grass was low as ever unlike last year. The price for hay has grown up. The villagers assert that they intend to slaughter animals in the winter. Drakhtik villager said, “The potato is bad, there is no harvest, no apples and pastures are empty. What to do? How to keep the cattle? It would be possible, if to get any support from the government. They buy beef from us at 1800 AMD, and sell in cities at 3000 AMD. It’s very hard to breed cows, little forage and a long winter. You suffer for three months, and then sell for pennies. I have 10 ha, I rented them, but this year I harvested only 3-4 tons of grass, while one cow needs from 2 to 3 tons. We have to sell cows, the situation is very serious…”
November 02, 2012 at 13:12