EcoLur
Will agricultural products produced in Armenia be exported? Here is the main question that worries the villagers today. Although the Armenian government has initiated various programs to overcome the difficulties caused by the pandemic, the issue of exporting out of the most important issues is still uncertain. "Due to the new situation, the export of agricultural products to Russia has completely stopped, and the price has doubled and tripled. There is no foreign market, consumption in the domestic market is low, the price is incomparably low. People heated the greenhouses and burned gas of 1 million AMD. If last year they sold one kilogram of cucumber for 500-700 AMD, this year they sell it for 180-200 AMD. The cabbage has not come out completely, but the price of cabbage has already reached 30-50 AMD per kilogram,” Petros Avagyan said, Head of Apaga Community in Armavir Region, in his conversation with EcoLur.
Khachik Danielyan, Director of regional "ALT" TV channel, also said, "Only 10% of apricots and cherries produced in Armenia are sold in the domestic market. The cherry harvest will start in a month. It is mainly sold in Russia. What is the state doing to sell that product? There is no information.” "The state gives an interest-free loan to the processing organization, saying, “Just collect'. You give them money, you don't say at what price you buy it. If apricots are not exported this year, they will not be able to buy even half of their value,” he said.
In her turn, Angela Stepanyan, the editor of "ALT" TV, added about the difficulties of receiving interest-free agricultural loans with the support of the state. "With the support of the government, agricultural loans at 0% interest rate had to be provided. But people have very different complaints: those applications must be filled online. The dissatisfaction of some is that the system did not work, so they could not submit an application, some of them have filed an application, but so far there is no answer. If you are not able to provide people with interest-free loans this season, what kind of support are we talking about?” she said.
May 13, 2020 at 13:27