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Hovq Village, Tavush Region, receives its main income from forests with its wood and berries. As a near-forest community, Hovq residents receive annually 8 cum of fallen deadwood. According to the residents, it meets half of their demand in firewood. “We burn much firewood – annually 16-17 cum, our village is on the top of the mountain, our climate is cold, houses are old and 8 cum is not enough,” Hovq villagers said at the meeting with ENPI EAST FLEG 2 expert group.
The village with population of 432 people has many problems. Very few deal with agriculture here. The village used to have irrigation pipeline, but, as Hovq Village Head Grigor Gevorgyan mentioned, it’s not used because of indifference and worn-out state, the cultivated land areas are irrigated with drinking water. Cattle breeding is not perspective, as there is no realization market, “The village already has gas supply, but houses are not joined to it, as the funds are not sufficient. Joining is very expensive – 100,000 AMD on average, but the villagers can’t afford it,” Hovq Village Head Grigor Gevorgyan said. “People have nothing to live, they gather berries and sell them or collect wood, forest is the only source of living for us,” Hovq villager said and expressed her concern that forest is getting farther and farther from their village year by year.
“We would like to have milk processing or can plant or drying plants to be opened in our village. The village would have working places and people would be able to afford gas,” Hovq villager said.
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October 07, 2015 at 13:32