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NEW FRUITS AND VEGETABLES COOLHOUSE OPENS IN VAYOTS DZOR
PanARMENIAN.Net
October 29, 2010 - 15:26 AMT 10:26 GMT
A refrigerated store of fruits and vegetables opened in Zaritap
village of Vayots Dzor region, Armenia.
The coolhouse was constructed through financing of Water to Market
program of Millennium Challenge Fund-Armenia SNCO and program on
social security of Oxfam British organization. It belongs to Zaritap
and Gerger consumer cooperatives with participation of 64 farmers. The
cell with an area of 140 cubic meters is supplied with refrigeration
equipment and secures storage of above 40t of agricultural products.
Oxfam Armenia Subsidiary Director Margarita Hakobyan said that it is
one of the projects of the five-year program on sustainable social
security of rural areas that will be implemented in Vayots Dzor and
Tavush regions in 2010-2015. "The program will assist 4,000 farmers
from 40 communities of the regions. The program assists poor rural
communities and promotes production of ecologically clean agricultural
products," she said.
Water to Market Team Leader Richard Harelbrink said that Armenia needs
similar cold stores to expand and develop the country's fruit farming.
"They provide farmers with more stable market opportunities. Similar
facilities provide with the opportunity to decrease losses during
harvesting," he said.
From: A. Papazian
PanARMENIAN.Net
October 29, 2010 - 15:26 AMT 10:26 GMT
A refrigerated store of fruits and vegetables opened in Zaritap
village of Vayots Dzor region, Armenia.
The coolhouse was constructed through financing of Water to Market
program of Millennium Challenge Fund-Armenia SNCO and program on
social security of Oxfam British organization. It belongs to Zaritap
and Gerger consumer cooperatives with participation of 64 farmers. The
cell with an area of 140 cubic meters is supplied with refrigeration
equipment and secures storage of above 40t of agricultural products.
Oxfam Armenia Subsidiary Director Margarita Hakobyan said that it is
one of the projects of the five-year program on sustainable social
security of rural areas that will be implemented in Vayots Dzor and
Tavush regions in 2010-2015. "The program will assist 4,000 farmers
from 40 communities of the regions. The program assists poor rural
communities and promotes production of ecologically clean agricultural
products," she said.
Water to Market Team Leader Richard Harelbrink said that Armenia needs
similar cold stores to expand and develop the country's fruit farming.
"They provide farmers with more stable market opportunities. Similar
facilities provide with the opportunity to decrease losses during
harvesting," he said.
From: A. Papazian