Wednesday, October 19 2016 17:14

ArmInfo. The Armenian government has published the program of developing agricultural sector of the country, the government's website informs.  According to the program within 3 months it is planned to develop relevant roadmap of increasing the level of food safety, roadmap of reforms in forest sector in order to prevent, protect and ensure regeneration of forests.

The government stresses the importance of upgrading ranking of Armenian winegrowing and ensuring its competitiveness. For this reason a number of events are planned to bring the local quality standards into line with international ones within 3 years.

In 2018-2020 relevant conditions will be created to plant new gardens on 100ha annually.

The Armenian government also focuses on organization of agricultural cooperatives. Starting from 2017 programs will be implemented on subsidizing costs of mineral fertilizers and diesel fuel. For this reason mechanisms of providing subsidies will be improved.  The program stresses the importance of organizing professional trainings for farmer enterprises aimed at agriculture development.