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NEW PROJECT FOR SUPPORTING VETERINARY SERVICES LAUNCHED IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN, October 2. /ARKA/. Armenia's agriculture ministry and the
UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) launched a joint pilot
project on Wednesday to provide technical and institutional support
to veterinary services in Armenia.
FAO Animal Production and Health Officer Andriy Rozstalny, speaking
at the launching ceremony held in Yerevan, said the project will be
implemented until 2015.
It will foster cooperation between the private and public sectors. It
also implies vaccination of animals for prevention of brucellosis.
Rozstalny said the project will be implemented in Syunik province.
Grigory Baghyan, first deputy agriculture minister of Armenia,
who spoke at the ceremony as well, said that this project came as
continuation of a pilot program implemented jointly with FAO in
2008in Syunik.
"Unfortunately, the project ceased then because of the lack of further
financing, and am very glad that the project got second wind today
thanks to donors, particularly the Swiss Agency for Development and
Cooperation (SDC)," he said.
Zara Alaverdyan, representative of SDC in Armenia, on her side,
said the program will contribute to improvement of social situation
in the country's remote areas.
"We have been cooperating with the Armenian agriculture ministry
for one decade," she said. "I think this project will have favorable
impacts on social state of residents of Syunik province."
The project's budget amounts to $724,300. Its key beneficiaries are
farmers and villagers in Syunik province. ----0---
http://arka.am/en/news/economy/new_project_for_supporting_veterinary_services_lau nched_in_armenia/
YEREVAN, October 2. /ARKA/. Armenia's agriculture ministry and the
UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) launched a joint pilot
project on Wednesday to provide technical and institutional support
to veterinary services in Armenia.
FAO Animal Production and Health Officer Andriy Rozstalny, speaking
at the launching ceremony held in Yerevan, said the project will be
implemented until 2015.
It will foster cooperation between the private and public sectors. It
also implies vaccination of animals for prevention of brucellosis.
Rozstalny said the project will be implemented in Syunik province.
Grigory Baghyan, first deputy agriculture minister of Armenia,
who spoke at the ceremony as well, said that this project came as
continuation of a pilot program implemented jointly with FAO in
2008in Syunik.
"Unfortunately, the project ceased then because of the lack of further
financing, and am very glad that the project got second wind today
thanks to donors, particularly the Swiss Agency for Development and
Cooperation (SDC)," he said.
Zara Alaverdyan, representative of SDC in Armenia, on her side,
said the program will contribute to improvement of social situation
in the country's remote areas.
"We have been cooperating with the Armenian agriculture ministry
for one decade," she said. "I think this project will have favorable
impacts on social state of residents of Syunik province."
The project's budget amounts to $724,300. Its key beneficiaries are
farmers and villagers in Syunik province. ----0---
http://arka.am/en/news/economy/new_project_for_supporting_veterinary_services_lau nched_in_armenia/