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OMBUDSMAN OF ARMENIA: AGRICULTURAL LOANS TO VILLAGERS WERE PROVIDED ON EXCESSIVE INTEREST
ARMINFO
Thursday, March 14, 13:12
The interests of the preferential loans provided to villagers in 2012
were not observed practically, which has become an unexpected burden
for farmers, says Armenian Ombudsman's report "On Human Rights in
the sphere of Agriculture Ministry in 2012" published on March 14.
The document says that the Ministry did not properly supervise the food
safety sphere. The UN FAO "Support for Abattoir Development Project
in Armenia" project was implemented in the country out of time. The
ombudsman highlights that the major problem in the agricultural sector
is still lack of agricultural insurance.
Among positive shifts, the human rights defender outlines that planned
inspections conducted by the Ministry in 2012 in the market of bakery
and administrative fines imposed on the violators. He praised also that
plans the implement a "Program on introduction of insurance system in
the agricultural sector" as part of the Strategy of Sustainable Rural
Development for 2010-2020, as well as contracts with 5 organizations on
opening of abattoirs in the regions of Armenia with the support of FAO.
From: A. Papazian
ARMINFO
Thursday, March 14, 13:12
The interests of the preferential loans provided to villagers in 2012
were not observed practically, which has become an unexpected burden
for farmers, says Armenian Ombudsman's report "On Human Rights in
the sphere of Agriculture Ministry in 2012" published on March 14.
The document says that the Ministry did not properly supervise the food
safety sphere. The UN FAO "Support for Abattoir Development Project
in Armenia" project was implemented in the country out of time. The
ombudsman highlights that the major problem in the agricultural sector
is still lack of agricultural insurance.
Among positive shifts, the human rights defender outlines that planned
inspections conducted by the Ministry in 2012 in the market of bakery
and administrative fines imposed on the violators. He praised also that
plans the implement a "Program on introduction of insurance system in
the agricultural sector" as part of the Strategy of Sustainable Rural
Development for 2010-2020, as well as contracts with 5 organizations on
opening of abattoirs in the regions of Armenia with the support of FAO.
From: A. Papazian