  Agriculture Minister pledges to introduce agricultural insurance in Armenia December 23, 2011 - 15:03 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Agriculture Ministry addressed international institutions to gain assistance in introducing agricultural insurance in the country, Minister of Agriculture said. “We should acknowledge the steps to be taken for the project implementation to initiate them in the coming year,” Sergo Karapetyan said, adding that t is a long-term and consumable process. Introduction of agricultural insurance system (crop, perennial plants and livestock insurance) will reduce villagers’ loss, compensate their income loss due to unfavorable weather conditions and force majeure situations.   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 |  Latest 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. |
