Only 10-20% of 1.2mln hectares of pastures are used in Armenia June 3, 2011 - 14:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On June 3, Yerevan hosted a discussion of Community Agricultural Resource Management and Competitiveness Project (CARMAC). The event, initiated by the Armenian Ministry of Agriculture, World Bank and Heifer International Armenia, brought together representatives of Armenia’s rural areas. Armenian Minister of Agriculture Sergo Karapetyan attached importance to the project implementation, expressing hope that the project will be expanded, due to which around 100-110 communities will become its beneficiaries. “The program is important for the development of livestock production, since the available resources in the field are used inefficiently and incompletely,” he said. Karapetyan added that only 10-20% of 1.2mln hectares of pastures are used in Armenia. CARMAC is designed to improve productivity and sustainability of pasture-based livestock farms in 55 mountainous communities by increasing milk production, improving pasture management, and enhancing farm sales of livestock products. Total financing of the Project is USD 21.33mln, of which the Government of Armenia will finance US$ 5.33 million. 80,000 people will become beneficiaries of the project. Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion. Partner news | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. |