The Ups and Downs of Tobacco Farming in Artsakh

(hetq) ... Yurik Azaryan, from the village of Berdashen, was one of the first who planted an experimental field of tobacco. Today, he and a village partner, have a 13 hectare tobacco field. To plant the seedlings, they employ around twenty villagers from Berdashen and Ashan. Come harvest time, they only need 15 workers, mostly women, who earn 5,000 AMD ($11.50) daily. Continued