60, 000 ARMENIAN FARMERS TO BE INVOLVED IN TRAINING COMPONENT UNDER MCA-ARMENIA PROGRAM
ARKA News Agency, Armenia
Aug 14 2007
YEREVAN, August 14. /ARKA/. 60,000 Armenian farmers from all regions
of Armenia are to participate in the training component of the
Water-to-Market (WtM) Activity of the MCA-Armenia Program.
Press Secretary of the Millennium Challenge Account – Armenia
(MCA-Armenia) Nane Ajemyan reported that the villages to participate
in the training components are to be selected in Yerevan on Wednesday.
Representatives of village communities, Water User Associations,
Ministries of Territorial Administration and Agriculture, National
Statistical Service, Agriculture Support Regional Centers, MCA
Stakeholder Committee members, NGOs and other interested parties will
have the opportunity to be present and observe the process.
Ambassador Rudolf Perina, Charge d’Affairs A.I. of the United States
of America will also be present.
Given the scope of the Activity, which extends to all the marzes of
Armenia and targets 60,000 farmers, the transparency of the selection
through broad press coverage is essential to MCA-Armenia as a way of
ensuring the fairness and openness of the process, Ajemyan said.