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Agriculture & Food Industry

publié le lundi 30 novembre 2009

U.S. GOVERNMENT PROVIDES ADDITIONAL $15 MILLION TO REHABILITATE MAIN CANALS
/NOV 11/armradio.am/

ARAX POULTRY FACTORY IS PLANNING TO INVEST ALMOST 1MLN EUR IN MODERNIZATION
/NOV 11/ArmInfo/

CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE NINTH INTERNATIONAL "ARMPROD EXPO 2009" TOOK PLACE
/NOV 13/ARMENPRESS/
Closing ceremony of the ninth international "ArmProd Expo 2009" took place today with the participation of the Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, Agriculture Minister Gerasim Alaverdyan.
The exhibition was organized by the "Agrobusiness Development Center", Armenian Agriculture and Foreign Affairs Ministries, Yerevan municipality, Armenia’s Trade Industrial Chamber.
The exhibition presented alcoholic drinks, juices, fruits, vegetables, canned food, sweets, meat and milk products, dried fruit, coffee, cigarettes, polygraph products. The president walked in all the pavilions, got acquainted with the presented products.
The director of the "Agrobusiness Development Center" Armen Davtyan told the reporters that all the developments in the food production may be seen in this exhibition. As compared with the past year this time more international companies presented their products. Overall 64 companies participated in the event of which 15 from Belarus, Austria, Germany, Russia, England. More than 7000 people visited the exhibition.
"I can surely say that the exhibition served its purpose and best food products have been presented. The most important thing is that a number of cooperation agreements have been reached both among local and international companies," A. Davtyan said.

Pernod Ricard Armenia opens its first alcohol beverage store in Yerevan
/NOV 14/ArmInfo/

Artashat Cannery is enlarging its share on the domestic market by reducing the export
/NOV 14/ArmInfo/

SOME $600 MILLION REQUIRED TO FIGHT GRAPE PHYLLOXERA
/NOV 16/ARKA/

WINE-GROWING STRATEGY NECESSARY IN CASE OF ARMENIA-TURKEY BORDER OPENING
/NOV 16/PanARMENIAN.Net/

WINEMAKING TO REDUCE BY SOME 40 PER CENT ON AN AVERAGE IN ARMENIA
/NOV 16/PanARMENIAN.Net/
In conditions of global financial and economic crisis, wine production will reduce by 40 per cent on average Avag Harutyunyan, chairman of the union of winemakers told a press conference in Yerevan today.

THREE-YEAR PROJECT ON IMPROVEMENT OF PESTICIDE QUALITY CONTROL BEING IMPLEMENTED IN ARMENIA
/NOV 17/NOYAN TAPAN/
The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nations jointly with the RA Ministry of Agriculture organized on November 17 a one-day conference for representatives of society, the state and private sectors to discuss the current state and the prospects of pesticide quality control and pesticide residue monitoring, also the steps to solve the current problems in the sector and FAO’s assistance in this respect.
According to the press service of the RA Ministry of Agriculture, the conference was held within the framework of the project on pesticide quality control and pesticide residue monitoring in Armenia. The project was launched this year.

IFAD WILLING TO BROADEN THE COOPERATION WITH ARMENIA /NOV 18/armradio.am/
Within the framework of the visit to Italy, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan had a meeting with the Kanayo Nwanze, Director of the International Fund for Agricultural Development.

WOOD RESTORATION PROGRAM TO BE CARRIED OUT IN ARMENIA IN 2010
/NOV 20/ARMENPRESS/