12.02.2011:  

On February 8, the Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian received Jutta Krause, the Regional Coordinator for Central Asia and Eastern Europe of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Welcoming the guest, Edward Nalbandian mentioned that good traditions of effective cooperation between Armenia and FAO have been formed for years.

The sides underlined the successful passing and good organization of the 36th Session of FAO’s European Commission on Agriculture and the 27th European Regional Conference held in Yerevan on May 10-14, 2010.

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8.01.2011:  

On December 31, 2010, President Serzh Sargsyan signed a decree appointing Sergo Karapetyan,a graduate of the Yerevan Agricultural Institute and the President of Artashat Cannery, Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Armenia. Mr. Karapetyan had been nominated for this post by the Political Council of the "Orinats Yerkir" ("Rule of Law") Party.

16.12.2010:  

On December 16, 2010, the Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Armenia, Mr. Gerasim Alaverdyan held a meeting with a group of international and Armenian specialists involved in the FAO Project for Establishment of a Virtual Extension and Research Information and Communication Network in Armenia.

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11.12.2010:  

The objective of the (FIN) is to support and satisfy the increasing demand for prompt finding professional information about the fishery and aquaculture sector and its stakeholders both nationally and internationally in the region of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).

The national interest of having and maintaining a central internet portal of the fishery and aquaculture sector is triple;

1) to present a concise overview of the sector,

2) publish information on legal regulations regarding marketing fishery products abroad (European Union, etc)

3) to facilitate easy access to, and communicate between, the registered sector stakeholders, and

4) to provide free of charge internet presence of interested organizations, institutes, enterprises and professionals.

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16.06.2010:  

An international conference ”Agricultural Knowledge Exchange in Russian language” took place in Russian State Agrarian University named after Timiryazev, Moscow, June 2-3 2010, . There were representatives from around 40 countries. The delegates from Armenia were Mr. Arman Manukyan (head of IT department of Armenia State Agricultural University) and Mrs. Narine Khurshudyan (head of FAO depository library in Armenia).

Among many issues of the exchange of agricultural information in Russian language, further developments of National AgroWeb portals was discussed.

More information in Russian language on official website

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