Experts on export market development of organic agriculture visit Armavir and Lori Marzes
On November 9, Almut Schultheiss and Milada Kasarjyan, Experts on export market development of organic agriculture intermediated by our partner Bread for the World Germany, visited Armavir marz, namely, "Tsirani Aygi" LLC, "Lukashin" cooperative and "San Chirs" IE in Shenik community. At "Tsirani Garden" LLC, the experts met the manager of the garden, got acquainted with the work procedures and plant protection measures, and made observations.
At "Lukashin" cooperative, in the fruit-dryer with an organic certificate, the chairman of the cooperative V. Davtyan presented the cooperative's activities and answered the experts' questions. Artur Mkrtchyan, the owner of "San Chirs" IE innovative small business, introduced the activities. It was especially interesting to know that the producer decided to fully switch to organic production in the near future.
On November 10, our experts accompanied Almut Schultheiss and Milada Kasarjyan to Lori marz. Here in Lernapat community at organic beekeeper farms of S. Mkhitaryan, H. Simonyan, and H. Mayilyan, the experts got acquainted with the works and received comprehensive answers to their questions.
Based on the collected information and observations, the experts are going to promote the export of local products, especially to the European market.