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LARGE GREENHOUSE PROJECT WITH DUTCH TECHNOLOGY KICKS OFF IN ARMENIA
NEWS.AM
June 27, 2012 | 11:38
YEREVAN. - The combination of Armenian climate conditions and
state-of-the-art Dutch technologies create excellent preconditions
for developing greenhouses and entering the foreign market. These
preconditions have laid the ground for the launch of an investment
program on the establishment of massive greenhouses in Armenia. For
this purpose, undeveloped lands will be allocated in various regions
of Armenia, with a total area of 2,000 hectares.
The Armenian Harvest Promotion Centre (AHPC) CJSC has initiated
the program, according to whose estimations, approximately 300,000-
350,000 tons of vegetable can be grown annually in 500-hectare heated
greenhouses, and 75,000 tons in 1,500-hectare unheated polycarbonate
greenhouses, mainly for the purpose of annually supplying vegetable
to Russian trade networks.
In the beginning of May, the RA Government approved the proposal of the
Yerevan Municipality to allocate a 63-hextare land in the vicinity of
Noragavit district. The highly profitable program will be implemented
in this area in the upcoming months. Advanced foreign technologies
will allow the crops' average productivity to reach 60-70 kg/square
meter here.
The AHPC conducts talks with the investors who have expressed interest
in buying land for the purpose of constructing greenhouses. The
program initiators will provide the investors with infrastructures
supplying thermal and electric energy, gas and water, and will assist
in receiving loans.
"This is an unprecedented large-scale program which will promote
the development of the infrastructures, transportation channels,
and the establishment of powerful cool storage facilities. Following
the program on the construction of greenhouses in the vicinity of
Noragavit district, 8-10 greenhouse zones will be established in
different regions of Armenia, with a total area of 500 hectares, and,
in the meantime, unheated polyethylene greenhouses will be constructed
in a 1,500-hectare land," said Aleksan Arakelyan, the Investment
Director at the Armenian Harvest Promotion Centre CJSC. According to
his estimations, the first crop will be harvested in 2013.
The Armenian Harvest Promotion Centre CJSC was established in 2011. It
is a public and private partnership where 49 percent of the shares
are held by Small and Medium Entrepreneurship Development National
Center established by the RA Government, and 51 percent is owned by
the private sector.
NEWS.AM
June 27, 2012 | 11:38
YEREVAN. - The combination of Armenian climate conditions and
state-of-the-art Dutch technologies create excellent preconditions
for developing greenhouses and entering the foreign market. These
preconditions have laid the ground for the launch of an investment
program on the establishment of massive greenhouses in Armenia. For
this purpose, undeveloped lands will be allocated in various regions
of Armenia, with a total area of 2,000 hectares.
The Armenian Harvest Promotion Centre (AHPC) CJSC has initiated
the program, according to whose estimations, approximately 300,000-
350,000 tons of vegetable can be grown annually in 500-hectare heated
greenhouses, and 75,000 tons in 1,500-hectare unheated polycarbonate
greenhouses, mainly for the purpose of annually supplying vegetable
to Russian trade networks.
In the beginning of May, the RA Government approved the proposal of the
Yerevan Municipality to allocate a 63-hextare land in the vicinity of
Noragavit district. The highly profitable program will be implemented
in this area in the upcoming months. Advanced foreign technologies
will allow the crops' average productivity to reach 60-70 kg/square
meter here.
The AHPC conducts talks with the investors who have expressed interest
in buying land for the purpose of constructing greenhouses. The
program initiators will provide the investors with infrastructures
supplying thermal and electric energy, gas and water, and will assist
in receiving loans.
"This is an unprecedented large-scale program which will promote
the development of the infrastructures, transportation channels,
and the establishment of powerful cool storage facilities. Following
the program on the construction of greenhouses in the vicinity of
Noragavit district, 8-10 greenhouse zones will be established in
different regions of Armenia, with a total area of 500 hectares, and,
in the meantime, unheated polyethylene greenhouses will be constructed
in a 1,500-hectare land," said Aleksan Arakelyan, the Investment
Director at the Armenian Harvest Promotion Centre CJSC. According to
his estimations, the first crop will be harvested in 2013.
The Armenian Harvest Promotion Centre CJSC was established in 2011. It
is a public and private partnership where 49 percent of the shares
are held by Small and Medium Entrepreneurship Development National
Center established by the RA Government, and 51 percent is owned by
the private sector.