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  • HAAF: New milk-collection center will benefit 8 villages in Tavush

    PRESS RELEASE
    Hayastan All-Armenian Fund
    Governmental Buiding 3, Yerevan, RA
    Contact: Hasmik Grigoryan
    Tel: +(3741) 56 01 06 ext. 105
    Fax: +(3741) 52 15 05
    E-mail: [email protected]
    Web: http://www.himnadram.org/

    12 October, 2009

    New milk-collection center will benefit eight villages in Tavush

    Yerevan, October 12, 2009 - The Hayastan All-Armenian Fund is currently
    building a milk-collection center in Armenia's Tavush Region, aiming to
    significantly boost the local dairy industry. The facility, which will be
    established in the village of Azatamut, is intended to service seven
    neighboring communities as well, including Khashtarak, Lusahovit, Lusadzor,
    Ditavan, Aknaghbyur, Aygehovit, and Achajur. The project is sponsored by the
    Armenia Fund U.S. Western Region, with funding from the Armenian community
    of San Francisco.
    The initiative will be implemented in collaboration with the Ashtarak Milk
    company, which will assist local milk producers in the collection, storage,
    and distribution of their products. The Hayastan All-Armenian Fund will
    provide all necessary equipment for the milk-collection center as well as a
    truck for the collection process. In addition, the fund will give local
    producers technical assistance to improve animal-husbandry practices and
    enhance livestock quality. The project will result in a highly streamlined
    and efficient manufacturing and distribution system as well as superior
    product quality.
    "Our goal is to lend a helping hand to the villagers by enabling them to
    sell their products and secure revenues," said Ara Vardanyan, executive
    director of the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund. "No less important is the fact
    that close to ten jobs will be created through the creation of the
    milk-collection center. We have every reason to believe that this project
    will be a great success, especially given our collaboration with an
    experienced and dedicated partner, the Ashtarak Milk company."
    Commenting on the urgency of the project, Azatamut mayor Zhora Martirosyan
    said that currently crop growers and animal farmers in Tavush barely make
    ends meet since they lack proper mechanisms to sell their products outside
    their communities. "The existence of a milk-collection center will go a long
    way in improving the lives of our residents," Martirosyan added.

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    Hayastan All Armenian Fund
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