High-Value Agriculture
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When Projects Succeed
Organic Farmer Field School in Gandzaqar Village
In 2003, through support from the USDA Marketing Assistance Project, an Organic Farmer Field School was established in Gandzaqar village of Tavoush region. Since 2005, Green Lane works with this FFS providing technical assistance and consultancy.
Three years ago, in 2003, specialists of Extension Department of the Armenian State Agrarian University visited Gandzaqar community. They examined some areas under different crops and met farmers, looking for ways to introduce alternative farming systems and establish an organic FFS in the community. It proved that there were farmers taking an active interest in FFS and willing to start using ecological farming techniques on their own plots. On the area of 3,500 sq meters, about two km away from the village, a group of farmers started organic cultivation of the vegetable crops. more in GL Newsletter (PDF)...
Women’s Farmer Extension Research Group
The Women's Farmer Field School in Gargar village (until 2007 this group was a Local Extension Research Group - LERG) ), Lori marz, is operating since 2003. Why research? Because these women, together with professional researchers, are implementing applied research activities (mainly in the area of organic farming) based on the needs in their community. The members of the group are involved in growing medicinal herbs, production of vegetable and melon crops, flower growing, collection of wild and medicinal herbs. They also carry out comparative studies of different varieties of potato and cabbage. The positive results of trials are transferred to other members of the community.
There are five women farmers initially involved in our LERG. The preference of the group has been and is producing healthy food. Even prior to setting up the group, over the last ten years, we have never used any chemicals or mineral fertilizers. Our women have a solid experience processing their own produce in homestead conditions, which is highly accepted by consumer. By the way, we don't have any problem in marketing of our produce. more in GL Newsletter (PDF) ...
JERAHOVIT Consumer Cooperative of Masis region
JERAHOVIT Consumer Cooperative of Masis region (province of Ararat), the members of which are mainly involved in vegetable production, was established in 2002. In 2003, the members of the cooperative formed two other units - a Local Extension and Research Group (LERG) and a Credit Club - to improve their activities. It can be stated now that formation of those two farmer groups was a very important and necessary step taken by the members of the cooperative to achieve a real success in their activities. The work done by the LERG and the credit club in succeeding years contributed significantly to strengthening the cooperative itself.
We created JERAHOVIT Consumer Cooperative with the aim of supporting our members in improving their farming activities and marketing production in the most beneficial way. We are sure that this will contribute not only to sustaining the economic activities of our member farmers but also to improvement of the living standard in their communities. more in GL Newsletter (PDF)...
