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The Organic Agriculture Support Initiative (OASI) Project got underway on 15 December in Armenia. In the upcoming three years it will help to reveal the potential of Armenia in organic agriculture. The four main aims of the programs are as follows:
1. Reforms of the legislative field and establishment of relevant institutes,
2. Supporting those who want to deal with organic agriculture through grants,
3. Raising awareness,
4. Identification of export markets, which will enable exporting organic goods.
“In the frames of the program those areas will be first studies, where there are favourable conditions to develop organic agriculture. It would impossible to implement such a program in mining areas, because there are favourable conditions to develop organic agriculture,” Agriculture Deputy Minister Armen Harutyunyan said.
OASI is funded by the European Union, and co-funded by the Austrian Development Agency. The project has a budget of € 3.3 million and will be implemented over the course of three years.
December 16, 2015 at 17:00