By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, October 17 — In regards to the “Agricultural Worker Day” the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Tigran Sarkisian yesterday visited the Northern Avenue, where the tasting and sampling of agricultural products was organized. Together with Sergo Karapetyan, the Minister of Agriculture, the Prime Minister approached all the agricultural pavilions [...]

By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, October 12 — “The first “ArmAgroForum” international conference will be held on October 14-16 in Yerevan within the framework of the events dedicated to the 20 anniversary of the Republic of Armenia,” said Sergo Karapetyan, the Minister of Agriculture. “For the first time in the Armenian history we’ll celebrate the “Agricultural [...]

By Eva Sahakyan YEREVAN, August 5–In Armenia the grape harvest in 2010 is expected to exceed last year’s indicator by 7,000 tons. According to the Armenian Ministry of Agriculture, the harvest in 2009 amounted to about 200-205,000 tons, exceeding the 2008 indicator by 20,000 tons. On August 4 the Armenian Ministry of Agriculture paid a [...]

By Victoria Vardanyan Yerevan, July 17– Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian discussed the forthcoming implementation of a $52 million program aimed at developing agriculture in Armenia with the head of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Armenia programs, Henning Pedersen. The “Rural Abilities Program” will be implemented in 2011-2015. According to Pedersen, the program consists [...]

YEREVAN (Golos Armenii), May 22–Armenian scientists are planning to implement the program “Mass Use of Solar Energy in Armenia” in Sarnaghbyur, Shirak province. It is aimed at solving the problems of additional energy supplies in the villages, insuring the provision of hot water and the use of the latest solar energy devices for the processing [...]

YEREVAN (News.am), April 23–On April 22, for a few hours farmer Henrik Yeghyazaryan’s plot at the entry to Dmitrov community (Ararat region) became the site for signing leasing agreements by farmers who took possession of 50 tractors. The occasion was made possible by Farm Credit Armenia (FCA), one of the ten credit providers involved in [...]

YEREVAN (Novosti Armenia), March 15 – During the months April-June 2010 the Millennium Challenge Account – Armenia is expecting to receive about $19 million from Millennium Challenge Corporation for agricultural development, the press service of the Armenian Government reports. The funds will mostly be used to pay for contracts in agriculture. The rest of the [...]