ARM/ EU STEPS UP SUPPORT FOR AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN ARMENIA

The EU has made a made a payment of €6 million to Armenia, as part of its budget support
 programme to sustain agricultural and rural development.
 
 The EU is providing financial support of €25 million over three years to Armenia as part of
 the European Neighbourhood Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development – ENPARD.
 
 Agriculture and subsistence farming represent a broad-based opportunity for food security
 and informal employment in Armenia. Thus, there is a great need for agricultural and rural
 development through improving agricultural institutions, strengthening the capacity and
 performance of farmers’ associations and cooperatives, increasing access to affordable food, and
 supporting the roll-out of a general agricultural census – all areas supported through ENPARD
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