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Agriculture & Food Industry

publié le mercredi 16 décembre 2009

MILLENNIUM CHALLENGES ARMENIA FOUNDATION LENDS $6 MILLION TO ARMENIAN FARMERS
/DEC 1/ARKA/

ONE OF THE BIGGEST IMPORTERS OF ARMENIA ASSURES PROVISION OF STATE BUDGET WITH $5 MLN A YEAR BY ITS OWN PRODUCTION
/DEC 1/ArmInfo/
Today, Prime Minister of Armenia Tigran Sarkisyan visited the Original Distillery Company, a vodka distillery, opened 4 months ago by Sovrano Company, one of the biggest food and alcohol importers in Armenia.
The prime minister surveyed the distillery company, got acquainted with the production and talked to the company management.
As Chairman of the Board of Sovrano Company Sos Sahakyan said, after the meeting of Armenia’s PM with big importers in February, 2009, the Company decided to follow the government’s call and open its own production.
He added that 80 jobs have already been opened in the Company.

ARMENIA : YEREVAN CUTS BRANDY PRODUCTION
/DEC 1/EurasiaNet/
Production of Armenian cognac shrank by almost 50 percent during the first 10 months of 2009 compared with figures for the same period during the previous year.
Armenian winemakers pinned the blame for the production drop on the global economic meltdown, the Internovosti news service reported on December 1.
Some 94 percent of Armenian brandy exports go to other ex-Soviet republics, first among them Russia, according to the Armenian National Statistics service. But the economic crisis has hamstrung the purchasing power of the Russian market, the main source of income for Armenian farmers.
Production for the first ten months of 2009 stood at 7 million liters.
Brandy producers hope that a recent decrease in the price of grapes will help them cut production costs, reduce the price and attract thriftier customers, the Arminfo news agency reported.

AKHURYAN SUGAR MILL TO BE PUT INTO OPERATION IN MAY 2010
/DEC 7/PanARMENIAN.Net/ LAUNCH OF SUGAR PLANT IN ARMENIA IN MAY 2010 WILL PROVIDE THE CONSUMPTION OF SUGAR IN THE COUNTRY -MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE
/DEC 7/ARKA/ SUGAR FACTORY OF SHIRAK PROVINCE TO OPERATE IN SPRING
/DEC 7/ARMENPRESS/ APARTMENT CONSTRUCTION IN EARTHQUAKE ZONE PROCEEDS ACCORDING TO SCHEDULE, DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SAYS
/DEC 7/NOYAN TAPAN/ ARMENIA TO EXPORT SUGAR TO RUSSIA AND EUROPE SOON
/DEC 12/Tert.am/
  Construction of the plant in Akhuryan was started in 2006. About 100 million USD have already been invested. For finalization of the scheme of local sugar beet additional $8-10 million is needed.
  The factory is ready for operation and it is because of weather conditions that its functioning has been left for spring.
  Production : The refinery’s capacity will be about 180 thousand tons of white sugar produced on the bases of raw material to be imported from South American countries. In case of working at full capacity, the refinery can produce 220 thousand tons of white sugar.
  Internal market demand of 90 thousand tons
  export : to Georgia, Russia, India and northern Iran
  raw materials : • 45% will be beet sugar cultivated in Armenia, • the remainder will be partly manufactured sugar imported from Brazil.
  Creation of some 1,000 jobs,
  For full functioning of the plant it is envisaged to allocate 5000 ha of land to cultivate 300 thousand tons of sugar beet ; 20 thousand people will be provided with jobs.
  One tone of locally produced sugar will be $30-40 USD cheaper than market price.
  The locally produced sugar will be different not only in quality, but also in taste. It will correspond with European standards, despite the fact that the important Brazilian sugar is likewise a product of the highest quality.
  The plant is owned by MP Samvel Aleksanyan. He is Deputy of National Assembly of Armenia and an entrepreneur, who has monopolistic positions in the market of sugar import in Armenia.

ARMENIA : AGRICULTURAL DAMAGE FROM HAIL GROSSED AMD 13.5 BILLION IN 2009
/DEC 8/PanARMENIAN.Net/
Over 2009, 270 Armenian communities suffered agricultural damages from hail, resulting in the loss of 10-90% of harvest. Damages were assessed at AMD 12.5 -13.5 billion, Samvel Galstyan, Vice Minister of Agriculture said.
As the Vice Minister noted at today’s news conference, 2009’s grain crops were decreased by 50 000 tons compared with 2008, totaling 361.5 thousand tons.
Samvel Galstyan briefed the news conference on agriculture support programs’ implementation, especially noting that 15 hail suppression stations, set up in 12 Armenian communities, were of significant help in fighting difficult weather conditions.

NATURE PROTECTION MINISTER BANS COMMERCIAL FISHING IN LAKE SEVAN
/DEC 8/ARKA/
This mesure will be effective from December 7 to January 15.