Agriculture development prospects to be discussed in YerevanApril 16, 2010 - 17:12 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Heifer Project International Armenia will organize Perspectives of Rural Development in Armenia round table-discussion on April 21. The purpose of the Round Table is to introduce the relevant NGOs with strategic priorities of the Armenian government in agriculture, exchange working experience of the NGOs, as well as to discuss the current problems of the field. Armenian Deputy Minister of Agriculture Samvel Avetisyan, Heifer Armenia Country Director Anahit Ghazanchyan and representatives of local and international NGOs will be guest speakers at the event. Heifer International came to Armenia in 1999 and has implemented over 45 projects in South Caucasus, assisting more than 5000 families in Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan to build their own family farms. Currently Heifer Armenia is implementing 19 projects - 17 in Armenia and 2 in Georgia. Heifer International is a non-profit, humanitarian organization dedicated to ending world hunger and caring for the earth by providing livestock, trees, training and other resources to help poor families around the globe become self-reliant. 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |