Armenia mulls producing wine, gin and champagne from honeyDecember 2, 2016 - 17:50 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Minister of Agriculture Ignati Arakelyan has proposed producing wine, champagne and gin from honey in Armenia, a statement issued by the Ministry said. Arakelyan on Thursday, December 1 met with a group of Armenian beekeepers to discuss the problems in the field and their possible solutions. Dwelling upon priority issues, the beekeepers singled out the necessity to diversify bee products. On learning that research has been carried out in this field, the Minister proposed studying the opportunity to organize production of various bee products, including wine from honey, otherwise called mead, as well as gin and champagne, also made from honey. Stressing the importance of launching propolis mass production, the beekeepers said the lack of equipment hinders the realization of the idea. The Minister said a business plan must be developed for attracting financial resources with the help of international organizations. Also, the experts suggested that issues of preparing specialists and organizing trainings for scientists be discussed with the Armenian National Agrarian University. In addition, problems concerning the development of honey bee breeding, discovery of new markets for selling the Armenian honey, the increase of bee products manufacture, as well as the cost price reduction were in the limelight of the meeting. Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion. Partner news | Erdogan wants “realistic road map” for relations with Armenia Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for a “new realistic road map” for relations with Armenia. Armenia-Azerbaijan: Experts launch work on determining coordinates Expert groups from the countries started the process of determining the coordinates based on geodetic measurements. Yerevan says did not expect CSTO in peacekeeping role Pashinyan has declared that the CSTO would be expected to come to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as an ally of Armenia Henrikh Mkhitaryan wins Serie A title with Inter Inter Milan midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan admits that the team have long been imagining clinching Serie A against AC Milan. |