DISCUSSIONS OF 2010-2020 DRAFT STRATEGY OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF ARMENIAN AGRICULTURE START

Noyan Tapan
Feb 23, 2010

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 23, NOYAN TAPAN. Armenian Prime Minister Tigran
Sargsyan on February 23 conducted a consultation on the 2010-2020
draft strategy of sustainable development of agriculture in
Armenia and the draft program of measures to ensure the strategy’s
implementation. Experts and representatives of the Public Council
participated in the consultation.

T. Sargsyan said that discussions of the 2010-2020 Strategy of
Sustainable Development of Agriculture had started. "We intend to
hold large-scale discussions. The purpose is to subject this document
to serious analysis so that the best experts of our country will
express their opinions about it, and we must also know the opinions
of professional bodies that deal with problems of farms. There
are NGOs dealing with problems of farms, as well as international
organizations that provide technical assistance to the government for
agricultural development. Naturally, we are interested in organizing
discussions in order to have a clear idea of the current state of
agriculture, the strategic ways of developing Armenia’s agriculture,
our relative advantages and disadvantages, and the real resources of
our agriculture," the prime minister said.

In his words, in 2010 the Armenian government will consider agriculture
as a priority sector, with great attention to be given to public
control and the implementation of decisions.

The RA Government Information and PR Department reports that the
Minister of Agriculture Gerasim Alaverdian made a report about the
development of the draft strartegy. Then the First Deputy Minister of
Agriculture Samvel Avetisian provided the consultation participants
with in-depth information about the strategy.