Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian has inaugurated the first agricultural cooperative that will benefit from a $21 million government program to support livestock farming in 55 mountainous villages across Armenia.
The program mostly financed by the World Bank aims to boost meat and milk production and improve pasture management in those impoverished communities that are home to roughly 78,000 people. Much of that assistance is to be channeled into local infrastructures through agricultural cooperatives which the bank and the Armenian government hope will be formed by farmers.
Some 50 farmers in the village of Berdashen were the first to set up such a cooperative and thus qualify for the scheme. The village lies in the northwestern corner of Armenia bordering Turkey and Georgia. Cattle raising is the principal agricultural activity in the mountainous area known for harsh winters.
Armenian News
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