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Thursday, 03 March 2011 22:52

For many years farmers of Armenia haven’t had access to high quality vegetable seeds causing non-sufficient harvest in the small plots. In order to address the issue of enhancing the yields in small farms, CARD Foundation cooperates with several European and U.S. seed companies for importing high-efficient seeds to Armenia.“Rijk Zwaan” (the Netherlands) is one of the leading companies in the world specialized in vegetable seeds and assisting farmers in more than 45 countries.

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Bumblebee Pollination and New Intergreated Pest Management (IPM) Now in Greenhouse Vegetable Crops PDF Print
Greenhouses
Monday, 10 January 2011 01:42

 

CARD initiative on introduction of new pollination systems for greenhouse vegetables followed up in distribution of the first batch of bumblebee hives to about 20 large greenhouses in Armenia.

 

Proper pollination is needed for optimal fruit set and production. In the past, all greenhouse tomato and cucumber growers have relied on manual pollination, which can be very time consuming. Using bumble bees for pollination is an effective alternative and can completely replace manual pollination. In addition to saving on labor, bumble bee pollination has many advantages.
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