Agricultural Sustainable Development Strategy
I. General information
What is the type of the document?:
National Strategy
Country:
Title of the programme/strategy:
Agricultural Sustainable Development Strategy
Title of the programme/strategy:
Գյուղատնտեսության կայուն զարգացման ռազմավարություն
Keywords:
Overview:
The overall objective of the strategy of the agrarian sector development is to promote sustainable agricultural development, increase food security level and income of rural population through creation of favorable environment for the entities operating in agricultural sector.
The overall objective of the Strategy includes the following specific objectives:
* Increase of agricultural gross production and of production profitability.
* Efficient use of producing capacities: land, water, labour, research and technical resources.
* Improvement of food safety.
* Rural poverty reduction and reduction of rural migration, introduction of non-agricultural activities in rural areas.
* Improvement of agricultural infrastructures, enhancement of production share of produces ensuring high profitability.
* Decrease of agricultural negative impact on the environment.
* Improvement of agricultural tax and credit systems.
* Integration to international agricultural process.
Background and rationale:
The level of participation of the Government in the agricultural sector was greatly reduced by the liberalization of the economy, privatization of land and other productive means, servicing infrastructures, sales and processing organizations. Based on the peculiarities of the country and taking into consideration the problems of food security an important role is given to the state assistance to the agricultural sector during the transition period.
The implementation of the strategy will be supported by the Government in the following areas: formation of the regulatory framework in agro-food sector, provision of agricultural entities with favorable conditions for smooth operation and investments, development of infrastructures and promotion of food safety, etc. It is expected that the implementation of the strategy will lead to a sustainable and dynamic progress in the agrarian sector.
The strategy is consistent with the Government “Poverty Reduction Strategy” programme and ensures continuation of the agrarian reforms in the Republic.
II. Detailed information
Start date:
01/05/2006
Research policy priorities targeted:
Additional remarks:
Sustainable and dynamic progress in the agrarian sector.
Relation to other programmes/strategies:
The strategy is consistent with the Government “Poverty Reduction Strategy” programme and ensures continuation of the agrarian reforms in the Republic.
The programme/strategy was inspired by:
Geographic coverage:
Armenia
Target group(s):
Additional remarks:
Agrarian sector
Target fields:
Overall implementation structure of the programme/strategy:
* Deepening of agrarian reforms, development of market infrastructures and improvement of the forms of economic activities
* Increase in food security level, ensuring minimum level of self-sufficiency of basic food.
* Increase in competitiveness level of agricultural local produce and substitution of imported foodstuff by local production (if expedient)
* Food safety system development
* Zoning and rational distribution of production
* Land reclamation and reduction of negative impact on the environment
* Establishment of conditions and legal basis for the development of organic agriculture
* Development of crop production
* Development of livestock production
* Agricultural Processing Development of agricultural services and social sub-structures.
* Improvement of tax and credit system in the agrarian sector
* Improvement of academic, consultancy systems in the agrarian sector
* Improvement of the agricultural registration system – general agricultural census, elaboration of legislation regulating legal status and legal relations of the agricultural entities
IV. How to find out more
Information source:
http://www.nature-ic.am/ccarmenia/en/
Administering agency:
Ministry of Agriculture of Armenia
web: http://www.minagro.am/
Correspondent name:
Anahit Khachikyan
Correspondent institution:
Center of Ideas and Technologies
Correspondent contact details:
anip@sci.am
Date of submission:
15/04/2009 13:49