ARMAVIR, AUGUST 9, NOYAN TAPAN. Over the last three years, the areas under gain crops in Armavir marz have been reduced almost to half - from 22 thousand ha to 12 thousand ha. Sanasar Baghdasarian, deputy head of the agriculture and nature protection department of the Armavir regional administration, told NT correspondent that although the marz has no problem with water irrigation, the average grain crop yield made only 30 centners because of this year's drought. According to him, the areas sown with gourds and melons, perennial plants and vine yards have been increased in the marz at the expense of reducing the areas under grain crops.

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