Memorandum Of Understanding Signed For Improving The Productivity An

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MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING SIGNED FOR IMPROVING THE PRODUCTIVITY AND SUSTAINABILITY OF PASTURE-BASED LIVESTOCK FARMS

ARMENPRESS
SEPTEMBER 22, 2011
YEREVAN

The Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Armenia and Heifer
Project International today - on 22 September, 2011 signed a Memorandum
of Understanding (MOU) for joint cooperation in the framework of the
"Community Agricultural Resource Management and Competitiveness"
Project.

The MOU was signed by RA Minister of Agriculture, Sergo Karapetyan;
RA Ministry of Agriculture Project Implementation Unit Director,
Gagik Khachatryan and Heifer Project International Armenian Branch
Office Director, Anahit Ghazanchyan.

CARMAC Project will be implemented by joint cooperation of RA Ministry
of Agriculture PIU and Heifer Armenia. The Project aims at improving
the productivity and sustainability of pasture-based livestock farms
in 55 mountainous communities in six Marzes of Armenia by increasing
milk production, improving pasture management and enhancing farm
sales of livestock products.

Heifer International is a non-profit, humanitarian organization
dedicated to ending world hunger and poverty and caring for the
Earth by providing livestock, trees, training and other resources
to help poor families around the globe become self-reliant. Heifer
International came to Armenia in 1999 and has implemented more than
45 projects in South Caucasus, assisting more than 5,000 families in
Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan to build their own family farms.

Currently, Heifer Armenia is implementing 19 projects-17 in Armenia,
two in Georgia.