Center for Agribusiness and Rural Development Foundation

Local news PRESENTATION ON THE BASELINE STUDY OF THE SYUNIK FVSC The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the International Center for Agribusiness Research and Education (ICARE) Foundation, and the Center for Agribusiness and Rural Development (CARD) presented the Baseline Study of... Local news | Wednesday, 15 May 2013 Read more SUPPORT TO DRIED FRUIT PRODUCTION AND MARKETING “Small and Medium Entrepreneurship Development National Center of Armenia” (SME DNC) Fund and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Enterprise Development and Market Competitiveness (EDMC) project, in... Local news | Thursday, 2 May 2013 Read more JOINT WORKSHOP FOR ARMENIAN AND GEORGIAN VETERINARIANS/ADA On April 4-5, in cooperation with the “Center for Agribusiness and Rural Development” (CARD) Foundation and financial support of the “Austrian Development Cooperation” (ADC), Heifer International Georgia, within the framework... Local news | Thursday, 25 April 2013 Read more IMPROVED YOUNG STOCK CARE AND NUTRITION AT BLACK OX DAIRY FARM The Black Ox dairy farm located in Bardzrashen village nearby Yerevan is owned by the Ghazarian family and is one the most progressive farms in Armenia. Starting only with one... Local news | Thursday, 25 April 2013 Read more EXCHANGE OF EXPERIENCE WITH ANAU STUDENTS The private veterinary clinics and services for large animals need to be addressed in Armenia.  In the framework of the USDA Animal Health project, a workshop on the private veterinary... Local news | Thursday, 25 April 2013 Read more ARID GOAT BREEDING CENTER HOSTED TALIN FARMERS CARD Foundation cooperates with many development organizations in Armenia; one of them is World Vision International. Within the framework of such cooperation, on March 26, CARD organized an exchange visit... Local news | Thursday, 25 April 2013 Read more COCHRAN FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM From March 17-28, 2013, under the USDA-initiated Cochran Fellowship Program, a study tour was designed to familiarize the 7 participants from Armenia, including CARD  Agribusiness and Marketing Department  representative Naira... Local news | Thursday, 25 April 2013 Read more INTRODUCTION OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN DAIRY HERD MANAGMENT February 10-23, 2013, CARD cattle breeding project consultant  Arman Ohanyan took part in the training organized at the “Agribusiness and Management” Academy of St. Petersburg State Agrarian University, Russia. The... Local news | Thursday, 25 April 2013 Read more PUM MISSIONS IN ARMENIA ARE ONGOING For the period of January 19-27, PUM expert Mr. Jan Boeren was on his first mission to Armenia. The one-week visit was full of discussions and consultation on issues related... Local news | Thursday, 18 April 2013 Read more SUPPORT TO LOCAL GREENHOUSE FARMERS                                                           Under the auspices of the USDA-supported greenhouse component, CARD hosted Mr. Andrii Galaguria, who is one of the leading agronomists in Rijk Zwaan company. During a two-day... Local news | Tuesday, 19 March 2013 Read more LAUNCH OF ANOTHER LONG-TERM PARTNERSHIP THROUGH PUM NETHERLANDS SENIOR EXPERTS SUPPORT The development of Armenian dairy industry including cattle farm management is one of CARD’s strategic directions. Feed production and improvement of feed base is another target point. Current feeding practices... Local news | Tuesday, 5 February 2013 Read more LOCAL ACTORS JOIN FOR INCLUSIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND GOVERNANCE IN THE SOUTH CAUCASUS (JOIN) Regional development in Armenia is in a transition period. Although there are some good examples of both local and central government support in implementing economic and social reforms targeted to... Local news | Monday, 24 December 2012 Read more INITIATION OF THE FOOD SAFETY COALITION USDA-supported food safety program in Armenia currently emphasizes sustainability, especially establishing capacity at the Armenian government and private/non-government levels to provide future technical support and training for the government... Local news | Wednesday, 21 November 2012 Read more CARD AT ASAU CONFERENCE   Agricultural Machinery Department of the Armenian State Agrarian University (ASAU) celebrated its 75th anniversary on October 25th. During the event, modern technologies for milking, land cultivation, fruit drying,... Local news | Friday, 16 November 2012 Read more JOINT WORKSHOP ON ANATOMICAL PATHOLOGY OF ANIMAL DISEASES/AGES September 25th to 27th, the Farm and Veterinary Service Center in Azatan community of the Shirak marz hosted its first group of participants for a 3-day joint workshop which... Local news | Thursday, 8 November 2012 Read more World news CAMEL CHEESE TO LIFT RURAL AFRICA? Chr. Hansen initiates a CSR project to explore how camel cheese may make a difference in rural Kenya and Somalia. Estimates of annual camel milk production are in the order... World news | Varsenik Sargsyan | Wednesday, 23 January 2013 Read more MIRACLE COWS WERE BORN IN NEW ZEALAND   Researchers from AgResearch along with the scientists from the University of Waikato in New Zealand created genetically modified cow breeds, whose milk does not cause allergies in children.... World news | Varsenik Sargsyan | Thursday, 11 October 2012 Read more NOVEL VACCINE FOR STRAIN OF FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE One of the most economically devastating diseases in the world for those who raise cows, sheep, pigs, goats, deer and other cloven-hoofed animals is foot and mouth Disease (FMD). This... World news | Varsenik Sargsyan | Wednesday, 4 July 2012 Read more ISRAELI-AMERICAN SCIENTIST WINS 26th ANNUAL WORLD FOOD PRIZE Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered the keynote address at a ceremony at the U.S. Department of State on June 12, where Daniel Hillel, a scientist born in the... World news | Varsenik Sargsyan | Thursday, 14 June 2012 Read more VOICEMAIL DISCOVERED IN NATURE   Insects can use plants as 'green phones' for communication with other bugs. A new study now shows that through those same plants insects are also able to leave 'voicemail'... World news | Varsenik Sargsyan | Thursday, 14 June 2012 Read more SOLAR DESALINATION SYSTEM FOR ARID LAND AGRICULTURE   Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers have created a human-made oasis in the desert with the successful application of a solar-powered desalination system that provides water for irrigation... World news | Varsenik Sargsyan | Tuesday, 29 May 2012 Read more SCHMALLENBERG: A NEW VIRUS IN EUROPEAN HERDS Schmallenberg virus (SBV), a previously unknown virus that was first detected in Germany in the November 2011, now affects large numbers of cattle, sheep and goat farms in northern Europe.... World news | Varsenik Sargsyan | Saturday, 31 March 2012 Read more NEW FACES AT THE GLOBAL TRAINING CENTER/ WWS  WWS Newsletter   World news | Varsenik Sargsyan | Thursday, 17 November 2011 Read more POTATOES REDUCE BLOOD PRESSURE The potato's stereotype as a fattening food for health-conscious folks to avoid is getting another revision as scientists report that just a couple servings of spuds a day reduces blood... World news | Varsenik Sargsyan | Wednesday, 14 September 2011 Read more WHY GRASS FED BEEF IS A HEALTHIER CHOICE THAN GRAIN FED BEEF Grass fed cattle are free to roam the fields, and consume a diet of grass and naturally growing plants and flowers. There are numerous health benefits to eating this form... World news | Varsenik Sargsyan | Friday, 26 August 2011 Read more SOME PLANTS DUPLICATE THEIR DNA TO OVERCOME ADVERSITY Whatever does not kill a plant may actually make it stronger. After being partially eaten by grazing animals, for example, some plants grow bigger and faster and reproduce more successfully... World news | Varsenik Sargsyan | Tuesday, 9 August 2011 Read more NEW CULTURES SECURE MILDNESS IN CHEESE Chr. Hansen introduces ‘Mild O’, a new cheese culture range which provides great flavor and texture in various cheese types, particularly in Southern European gourmet cheeses.  World news | Varsenik Sargsyan | Tuesday, 2 August 2011 Read more BLUE GARDENS   The color blue is sometimes difficult to use in the garden. This is partly because there are very few true blue flowers in nature and partly because some of... World news | Varsenik Sargsyan | Monday, 18 July 2011 Read more POPLAR TREE LEAF BUD EXTRACT COULD FIGHT SKIN AGING   Antioxidants are popular anti-aging ingredients in skin creams, and now scientists are reporting a new source of these healthful substances -- leaf buds of poplar trees. Their study appears... World news | Varsenik Sargsyan | Thursday, 23 June 2011 Read more SHOP STOP: TIPS AND TRICKS FOR AG MECHANICS Shop Stop is a weekly agricultural engineering and mechanics segment that offers useful tips for everything related to farm equipment and safety. See video ... World news | Varsenik Sargsyan | Thursday, 23 June 2011 Read more