Experts discuss agricultural and economic development problems in Yerevan
This kind of events are arranged to promote employment in rural communities of Siunik, Lori and Vayots Dzor, head of the modern rural development initiative Vahe Sardaryan told ARKA.
Another objective is to raise public awareness among economically active population about strategic problems and to discuss pressing issues, Sardaryan said.
According to the expert, economic situation has changed in Armenia after the country joined the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) on January 1.
All the strategic plans were developed in 2010-2013 based on projections, and the aim now is to verify to what extent they were correct and if adjustments are required or not, Sardaryan said.
The round-table discussion participants include heads of rural communities, farmers and officials who can propose their own rural development approaches, he said.
The program covers three main fields – processing of milk products, fruit processing and rural tourism.
Topics discussed at the event are agricultural resources and production, socioeconomic development in rural areas, plant growing, cattle breeding and agricultural production.
The discussions are to help create a policy matrix/framework for amending the strategy and policies, Sardaryan said.
There are currently about 340,000 farms in Armenia. In January-May agricultural production output amounted to about 174 billion drams in the country in current prices, a 6% growth from the same period of 2014. –0--