STARTING FROM JUNE, PROGRAM WITH 1.5 MILLION EUROS’ BUGDET TO BE
IMPLEMENTED IN AGRICULTURAL SPHERE OF ARMENIA WITH FINANCIAL
PARTICIPATION OF NETHERLANDS

YEREVAN, January 5 (Noyan Tapan). By the Dutch government’s “Eastern
European and Central Asian Countires Cooperation and Marketing
Program” (PSOM), it is envisaged to start from June the implementation
of a 2-year program with a budget of about 1.5 million euros in
Armenia’s agricultural sphere. According to Koryun Hovakimian,
executive director of the Armenian-Dutch Agroproject center, by late
March the Armenian side will have submitted to the Dutch government
3-4 programs, one of which will be selected and implemented. According
to K. Hovakimian, by one of the programs developed, it is proposed to
organize production of mushrooms, while by another – that of soya
beans, which will be subsequently used in butter and fodder production.

Programs on manufacturing metallic tins for tinned products, as well
as on establishing the Agroservice center in Lori marz have been
developed as well. The financial participation of the Dutch government
in the program will make 50%, whereas the other half will be invested
by the Armenian company involved in the program or by its partner – a
Dutch company. In recent years 7 programs were implemented in Armenia
with funds of the government of the Netherlands. In particular, a
plant for milk procession and production of the Dutch cheese was built
in Tashir, a hydroponic greenhouse – in the village of Darakert
(Ararat marz), an up-to-date potato warehouse with a capacity of 1,500
tons – in Shirak marz, as well as one of the workshops of the mixed
fodder plant in Yerevan was repaired.