HRAZDAN, AUGUST 29, NOYAN TAPAN. The harvest of grain has completed on 10 thousand hectares in low-lying regions of Kotayk marz. Mher Eghiazarian, head of the agriculture department of the Kotayk regional administration, told NT correspondent that this year the crop yield declined by 60%, mainly due to unfavorable climatic conditions. The average crop yield in low-lying regions made 8 centners against 19 centners last year. The grain harvest is underway in mountainous regions of the marz where areas under crops cover about 4 thousand ha. Haymaking was completed: over 30 thousand tons of grass and 2 thousand tons of straw was cut, which is by 50% less than last year. The harvest of fruit and vegetables was completed by 30% and will continue until November. According to the latest information, as of August 25, about 4 thousand tons of vegetables, 3 thousand tons of fruit and 900 tons of potato was harvested. Out of 700 ha of areas under sown with potato, harvest was finished only on 60 ha.

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