From Armenia in brief: Fruitful Armenia Agroforum opens in Yerevan

Published: Saturday October 04, 2008

Yerevan - The fourth international Fruitful Armenia Agroforum was launched in Yerevan on September 30. Present at the opening ceremonies was Armenia's Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian, who said that agriculture development is one of the top priorities of the government. According to Mediamax, the prime minister said, "Today agriculture secures 30 percent of Armenia's GDP, and this is a quite high index." Armenia was one of the first states from the post-Soviet era to implement radical reforms in agriculture. However at this stage, Armenia must pay more attention to infrastructure development, including irrigation.

Minister of Agriculture ­Aramayis Grigoryan said that the primary objective of the forum is to study the experience of developed countries and effectively implement them in Armenia.

Fruitful-Armenia Fund was established in 2005, and its main goal is to secure development of farm economies and expansion of prospects for stable development in agriculture. The event is organized by Argentinean-Armenian businessperson Eduardo Eurnekian.

--M.T.