CONFERENCE ON RURAL AND AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT TO BE HELD IN TSAKHKADZOR

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12:14, March 27, 2012

On 28-29 March Heifer Armenia Program Annual Conference (HAPAC) will
be held under the “Social Capital as a Driving Force for Rural and
Agriculture Development” motto in Tsakhkadzor, Armenia.

The conference will be attended by around 60 participants; among them
representatives of the RA Ministry of Agriculture, the Agriculture
Project Implementation Unit, project holders, community leaders and
partners of Heifer Armenia.

A series of essential trainings on Pasture Management, Dairy
Production and Rural Cooperation will be delivered to the conference
participants. The event will be closed through a Round Table on the
Challenges of Rural Cooperation in Armenia.

Since 1999, Heifer, a non-profit, humanitarian organization, has
implemented 58 projects in Armenia assisting more than 8000 rural
families to improve their livelihoods. Only in FY 2011 Heifer Armenia
supported 934 rural families.