With a signing ceremony and press conference in Yerevan, FAO launched a new project to make substantial improvements to dairy operations in the Republic of Armenia.

Also, FAO introduced a unique platform for uniting donors working to improve the country’s agriculture sector.

The overall goal of the dairy project in Armenia is to enhance the productivity of the dairy sector, via improved feed resources, and to support dairy processing, via better-targeted investments.

Several major projects in recent years have addressed issues in the Armenian dairy sector, but this will be the first to address strategic development of the value chain from top to bottom. Components include the development of an economic model to demonstrate the value of improved feeding, milk production and processing and to estimate the maximum capacity of the dairy sector in terms of self-sufficiency and exporting potential.