The total area of cultivated land in Armenia in 2015 will increase by about 15 thousand hectares, agriculture minister Sergo Karapetyan said at a government meeting on Thursday.
"Our primary goal in recent years was to reduce the area of uncultivated land. In the last 4 years the total area of cultivated land has increased by 50 thousand hectares. This year, according to our calculations, we will add another 15 thousand hectares. The land under cereals will increase by 10 thousand hectares,’ noted Karapetyan.
Armenia had about 448 thousand hectares of arable land. In 2014, some 332,699 hectares were used, making 74.2% of the total area.
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