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Potato harvest in Armenia increases to 210.000 tonnes

September 06, 2016

Potato harvest in Armenia increases to 210.000 tonnes

As of September 5, Armenian farmers had harvested 210,000 metric tons of potato - 40,000 tons more than the year before, according to the Ministry of Agriculture. The land used for potato cultivation increased this year by 771 hectares to a total of 34,077 hectares.

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September 10, 2015

Armenia ready to export 10,000 tons of seed potato to Russia

Armenian potato growers are able to export up to 10 thousand metric tons of seed potatoes to Russia, Hrachya Berberyan, head of the Agrarian and Peasant Union said recently.

A man sells potatoes in the street outside the central market in Yerevan, Armenia. Courtesy: FAO/Johan Spanner

February 02, 2015

Armenian potato export now exceeds import

Over the last two years, Armenia’s potato exports have risen considerably and now exceed the countries potato import.