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Exchange Visit of Farmers of Syunk Marz to Lori marz

On August 1-2, within the framework of “Modernizing Vocational Education and Training in Agriculture in Armenia” (MAVETA) project, “Strategic Development Agency” NGO organized an exchange visit of the farmers from Syunk to Lori region.

The purpose of the exchange visit was to meet partner farmers of Lori region, to visit their households and discuss the challenges existing in the field of agriculture and possible solutions. The farmers of Lori region shared their good practices and expressed willingness to visit Syunik to straighten the cooperation.

The MAVETA project is funded by a broad coalition of international and local organizations led by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), including the Austrian Development Agency, the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the Government of Armenia, the Swiss Church Aid (HEKS/EPER) NGO, Izmirlian Foundation, the Strategic Development Agency (SDA) NGO and Vanand Agro CJSC.

The project’s implementing partners are the GIZ and HEKS/EPER with the involvement of SDA and the School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences at the Bern University of Applied Sciences (HAFL).