FIRST INTERNATIONAL AGRIFORUM TO BE HELD IN ARMENIA OCT 28-31
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 20. ARMINFO. The First International Agriforum will
be held in Yerevan on October 28-31 with participation of more than 18
countries: Russia, the USA, Italy, Holland, Lithuania, Germany,
Argentina, Thailand and others.
Talking to ARMINFO, Head of the Department for International Relations
and Management Agricultural Ministry of Armenia, Andranik Petrosyan,
said that deadline for applications for participation in the forum is
Oct 28. He said that 5 large international agri-industrial companies
and 100 foreign businessmen have applied for participation in the
forum by present. Petrosyan said that under the agriforum, reports on
4 topics will be heard: agricultural technologies and development of
agri-tourism, the tasks of agrarian industry and producers,
investments for development of agrarian science, education and
information service, agrarian reforms.
In his turn, Director of Agribusiness Development Center LTD Armen
Davtyan said that under the forum, the 4th international exhibition
“Armprodexpo-2004” will be organized with participation of 60 native
foodstuffs producers and 8 Armenian- Russian, Ukrainian, Cyprian,
Cuban, French and others JVs. It should be noted that Agriforum is
organized with support of the Agricultural Ministry, Foreign Minister
of Armenia, Yerevan Municipality, Armenian Chamber for Commerce and
Industry, and Agribusiness Development Center LTD.