UNDP AND OXFAM/ARMENIA TO PROMOTE DEVELOPMENT OF AKNAGHBYUR COMMUNITY IN TAVUSH PROVINCE
/ ARKA /
May 24, 2011
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, May 24. /ARKA/. UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident
Representative in Armenia Dafina Gercheva and Director of Oxfam/Armenia
Company Margarita Hakobyan signed an agreement in Yerevan on Tuesday
to promote development of farms in Aknaghbyur community in Tavush
province.
Gercheva said that the UNDP would make every effort to reduce
poverty in rural areas and lessen social and economic inequality
among Armenia’s provinces.
Hakobyan, on her side, said that farmers’ cooperation has already
established in Aknaghbyur as part of the Sustainable Life Support
program.
Ten cooperative economies are already established in Tavush and Vayots
Dzor under this program.
“The program will be expanded in the coming four years and will
support more than 4,000 farmers,” Hakobyan said.
She said that the agreement signed today implies provision of 17
up-to-date greenhouses and refrigerators with total capacity of 50
tons to Aknaghbyur, which has 32 farms.
“The parties of the agreement support small and medium private farms,
helping them develop production and the system of sales,” she said.
“Thanks to that, farmers’ profits will grow and local production
will develop. As a result, market prices for agricultural products
are expected to go down in the future.”
Oxfam, international confederation consisting of 14 organizations,
was established in 1942. It works in 98 countries trying to find
long-term solutions to poverty problem.
Oxfam/Armenia started operating in 1994. Its activity is aimed at
poverty elimination in 165 provinces of Armenia.