AGRICULTURAL CONFERENCE IN MATENADARAN
By Ara Martirosian
AZG Armenian Daily
19/10/2007
On October 17, an agricultural international conference titled "Paths
of food; let’s discover the capacity of green Armenia" was held in
Matenadaran on the initiative of "Fruitful Armenia". Director of
"Fruitful Armenia" Anna-Christina Shirinian delivered the welcome
speech.
According to her, the conference is a gathering that is of a great
interest to agriculture, and where the specialists discuss the ways
of development of that sphere.
Anna-Christina Shirinian announced that 13 main reports were
anticipated during the conference and the discussions would be held
on those reports.
Director of Matenadaran Hrachya Tamrazian and the representative of UN
office of Yerevan Consuelo Vidal welcomed the guests, representatives
and specialists of agricultural sphere.
Minister of Agriculture Davit Lokian mentioned in his speech, "The
conference will discover the new possibilities of the development of
Armenian agriculture that will be brought into use."
As a confirmation, the Minister reminded about the first conference
devoted to organic agriculture, which was followed by the adoption
of corresponding law and several steps by the government in benefit
of development of that branch.