PRESENTATION OF DILI FARMING HELD IN DILIJAN
Arka News Agency, Armenia
Sept 25 2006
YEREVAN, September 25. /ARKA/. Presentation of Dili farming was held
in Dilijan (Armenia), which intends to develop production of famous
sorts of Mozzarella and Mozzarella-Pizza cheeses.
"In the nearest future the farming will be producing Mozzarella and
Mozzarella-Pizza cheeses, besides that the Dili already produces
traditional Armenian cheeses", head of the enterprise Ashot Tamrazyan
informed during the presentation.
At the same time he said that the price of the Armenian Mozzarella
would be lower than that of the Italian one.
Tamrazyan emphasized that the farming was unique in a meaning that it
was the only farming with so called "close circle" in the country,
where the whole process – beginning with cattle farming and ending
with the final product -processing of milk and diary farming, was
carried out on the spot.
Besides that, thanks to the modern equipment and technologies human
factor is reduced to minimum on the stage of production.
In addition, Tamrazyan said that 120 cows of special breed were
imported to Armenia from Germany, which may become a good stimulus
for the development of agriculture in Armenia.
He informed, "We have agreed with our German colleagues that all
cows will stay in the farm and their posterity will be distributed
all over the country".
"That is, we mean exchange of experience, which is for sure useful
for everybody" he said.
Tamrazyan also emphasized that the farming had been set as an object
to export its production to other countries already in the nearest
future. "USD Two million was invested in the farming, and Italian
professionals help the local specialists", he explained. The RA Prime
Minister Andranik Margaryan, Minister of Agriculture David Lokyan,
Minister of Environment Protection Vardan Ayvazyan, Governor of
Tavush region Armen Gularyan and Mayor of Dilijan Armen Santroyan
were present at the presentation.