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OXFAM GB ARMENIA LAUNCHES 600,000 EURO WORTH PROJECT TO IMPROVE FOOD SECURITY IN SOUTH CAUCASUS
YEREVAN, February 28. / ARKA /. Oxfam GB Armenia has launched today
a project designed to improve regional food security in the South
Caucasus through national strategies and small holder production
worth a total of 600,000 euros.
Margarita Hakobyan, head of Oxfam GB Armenia, speaking at the launching
ceremony, said the project is funded by the EU and is implemented by
Oxfam in collaboration with the Armenian ministry of agriculture.
She said the goal of this four-year program is to ensure that small
farmers, particularly women farmers, be involved in the development
and implementation of food security strategy issues in order to ensure
transparency of the process.
She said the food security of the South Caucasus region is one of the
most important issues of the millennium and this is why the EU gives
it a special attention. It is implementing similar projects also in
Georgia and Azerbaijan.
She also expressed confidence that the project will not only enhance
food security in the country, but also increase the production of
local agricultural products.
Deputy agriculture minister Robert Makaryan said the ministry
of agriculture and Oxfam set up a working group that involves
all stakeholders and will develop a strategy for the sustainable
development of rural areas and agriculture for 2015-2025 with the
focus on food security.
He said the project's activities are in tune with the main directions
of the government's policy in the agrarian sector. He said the
Agricultural Union, founded in 2011 at the initiative of Oxfam and
consisting of 14 local and international organizations is also involved
in this project.
According to Makaryan, the ministry of agriculture jointly with Oxfam
plans also to finalize a number of draft legislations, to stimulate
cooperation in agricultural sector and monitor the implementation of
some projects.
Oxfam is an independent international charity organization founded
in 1942 in the UK (Oxford) working in more than 70 countries. -0-
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YEREVAN, February 28. / ARKA /. Oxfam GB Armenia has launched today
a project designed to improve regional food security in the South
Caucasus through national strategies and small holder production
worth a total of 600,000 euros.
Margarita Hakobyan, head of Oxfam GB Armenia, speaking at the launching
ceremony, said the project is funded by the EU and is implemented by
Oxfam in collaboration with the Armenian ministry of agriculture.
She said the goal of this four-year program is to ensure that small
farmers, particularly women farmers, be involved in the development
and implementation of food security strategy issues in order to ensure
transparency of the process.
She said the food security of the South Caucasus region is one of the
most important issues of the millennium and this is why the EU gives
it a special attention. It is implementing similar projects also in
Georgia and Azerbaijan.
She also expressed confidence that the project will not only enhance
food security in the country, but also increase the production of
local agricultural products.
Deputy agriculture minister Robert Makaryan said the ministry
of agriculture and Oxfam set up a working group that involves
all stakeholders and will develop a strategy for the sustainable
development of rural areas and agriculture for 2015-2025 with the
focus on food security.
He said the project's activities are in tune with the main directions
of the government's policy in the agrarian sector. He said the
Agricultural Union, founded in 2011 at the initiative of Oxfam and
consisting of 14 local and international organizations is also involved
in this project.
According to Makaryan, the ministry of agriculture jointly with Oxfam
plans also to finalize a number of draft legislations, to stimulate
cooperation in agricultural sector and monitor the implementation of
some projects.
Oxfam is an independent international charity organization founded
in 1942 in the UK (Oxford) working in more than 70 countries. -0-
- See more at:
http://arka.am/en/news/economy/oxfam_gb_armenia_launches_600_000_euro_worth_proje ct_to_improve_food_security_in_south_caucasus_/#sthash.bf796ox6.dpuf