Project Description

The proposed Animal Health Management (AHM) in Armenia and Georgia: Phase II aims at filling in these gaps in regions of Armenia and Georgia, where animal disease control and the development of good animal husbandry practices are of high importance and certain activities in that regard, such as the establishment of Farm and Veterinary Service Centers (FVSCs), have already been conducted. The proposed project is the logical continuation of the recently completed Animal Health Management in Cross Border Areas of Armenia and Georgia Project (AHM project) successfully implemented by CARD Foundation and its Georgian partner in the period of 2011-2014. The AHM I Project was supported/funded by the ADC and aimed at improving the economic viability at cross-border areas of Armenia (Shirak and Lori regions) and Georgia (Samtskhe-Javakheti and Kvemo-Kartli regions) through awareness-raising campaigns on prevention and control of trans-boundary diseases, improvement of herd management strategies, and development of private veterinary business capacities. The overarching long-term goal of the proposed AHM II Project is the improvement of animal health and productivity in Armenia and Georgia.

Implementers

Program Team

Center for Agribusiness and Rural Development (CARD) Foundation was established in 2005 and is the successor of USDA MAP project. Tight cooperation with USDA and vast expertise transferred by US experts has accumulated a notable know-how in house and laid a firm foundation for quality provision and successful project implementation. In fact, having high success rate in project implementation CARD Foundation has diversified its donor portfolio and cooperated with more than 10 international donor organizations including European Union (EU), United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC), Austrian Development Agency (ADA), Food and Agriculture Organizations (FAO), United States Agency for International Development (USAID), World Bank (WB), World Wide Foundation (WWF), GiZ, etc. Projects implemented by CARD Foundation are specialized in horticulture production (open field and green production), animal health management, food processing including dried fruit production, winemaking, development of agricultural mechanization services, herb production and overall introduction to innovative agricultural production practices.

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The Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Armenia with the current structure was formed as a result of the unification of the Ministry of Economic Development and Investments of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Armenia according to the Law of the Republic of Armenia “On Amending and Adding to the Law “On the Structure and Activities of the Government” adopted by the RA National Assembly on May 8 2008 (signed by the President of the Republic of Armenia on May 16, 2019, No-31-N).

The Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Armenia includes 13 main professional structural divisions, 10 supporting structural divisions, 4 offices and 1 subordinate body.

Currently, the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Armenia is governed by the Minister of Economy. The Minister of Economy of the Republic of Armenia is Vahan Kerobyan. The Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Armenia is a central Body of executive authority that develops the Government’s economic policy in the spheres under its jurisdiction. The Ministry is responsible for implementing and assessing the results of economic policy. The Ministry develops and implements projects relating to the spheres of agroprovision, intergovernmental cooperation in the field of agriculture, forestry, plant-growing, cattle-raising, irrigation and projects increasing the productivity of soil usage, as well. The Ministry carries out its activities under the RA Legislation and other legal acts.

Under article 13 of the Law of Republic of Armenia on “State Non-Commercial organizations” the Government of the Republic of Armenia decided to rename “Agrochemical Service”

Non-commercial organization into “Agricultural Services center” state Non-commercial organization, which performs the following functions: animal registration, veterinary medicine, phytosanitary, and agrochemistry.

For more information, please visit www.mineconomy.am.