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Չորեքշաբթի, 18 Հուլիս 2012 10:21 |
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 For the first time in Armenia, CARD has introduced the LASA Agro modern portable laboratory to enable farmers to conduct soil, water and nitrate tests reliably and quickly in their greenhouses. The portable laboratory will help Armenian greenhouse farmers increase their production and efficiency, and is under the auspices of the USDA-funded “Effective Greenhouse Management” project. Beginning in June, as part of the project, a specialist from a German-based company STEP Systems GmbH, Mr. Pavel Shishkin, was invited to Armenia to conduct training on the use of the mobile laboratory.
The training was held on CARD premises and in the fields with the participation of young agronomists from Armenian State Agrarian University, greenhouse owners from the Ararat and Armavir regions, and CARD specialists.
The portable laboratory will be placed in Armen Simonyan’s trial plots in Darakert village, in Ararat marz, where the majority of farmers are involved in greenhouse farming. Mr. Simonyan, a fairly sophisticated greenhouse owner, has extensive experience in vegetable production and greenhouse farming.
He, along with the young agronomists, will provide consulting and mobile laboratory services to more than 300 farmers in the region by applying the “farmer to farmer” model for knowledge exchange.
The regular use of this laboratory will provide quality assurance for greenhouse production. Farmers will be able to perform regular checks of nitrates in soil, water and plant tissue samples which will ensure reliable production of vegetables, and in turn resulting in greater agricultural yields through more precise fertilization.
STEP Systems GmbH, an innovative company, deals with the development, production and distribution of portable analysis systems and tools, specially designed for the application of soil, water and air testing and monitoring. Long and extensive experience in the field of horticultural and agricultural soil and water analyses has made STEP Systems the leading company in this field.
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Չորեքշաբթի, 18 Հուլիս 2012 10:15 |
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 To prepare young specialists in the field of Greenhouse Management, CARD has involved of postgraduate students from the Armenian State Agrarian University (ASAU) in its training sessions that are a part of the USDA-supported greenhouse management development initiative.
For this goal, CARD invited an agronomist from PUM Senior Experts, Ms. Lidwine Dellaert, to conduct seminars and on-site consultations for ASAU postgraduates, greenhouse association members, and greenhouse owners from the Ararat and Armavir regions. Ms. Lidwine Dellaert, who presented a number of topics on greenhouse farming and provided solutions to several issues that were pressing local farmers.
As part of this training session, multiple visits to local greenhouses were organized and on-site consultation was provided to more than 10 large greenhouses. The visits were also accompanied by the students and this was their first visit to greenhouses with indoor vegetable cultivation.
As a result of Ms. Dellaert’s visit, 10 greenhouse owners and 15 ASAU students were trained in Tomato Cultivation andPess and Diseases, Greenhouse Management and Fertilization, and Integrated Pest Management. A number of issues were revealed and solutions were provided.
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Չորեքշաբթի, 11 Հուլիս 2012 13:35 |
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 CARD Food Safety Department Manager, Zaruhi Davtyan, attended the ISO 22000 Lead Auditor training held in Tbilisi, Georgia, from May 28 to June 1. This training will help CARD continue to build its capacity and have specialists that can provide ISO 22000 food safety consulting services.
Recently, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, launched a new project that aims to improve the food safety system in Armenia. To achieve this goal, the IFC intends to build the local capacity of consulting organizations and through them assist food processors in the implementation of food safety management systems. The Project Management has already had several meetings with CARD and has discussed possible points of collaboration, and, as a first step, IFC invited CARD specialists to attend the training in Georgia.
The course was registered with the International Register of Certified Auditors (IRCA) and was conducted by Bureau Veritas. The course covered Food safety Issues; an overview of Food safety Management Systems; What to look for in a Food safety Management System; Auditing Techniques; What to look for in Management Responsibility; What to look for in Communication; What to look for in Planning safe products; What to look for in Updating and Improvement Accreditation Issues; and Practical Exercises and Feedback.
Training was attended by 13 private consultants, including 11 consultants from Georgia and 2 consultants from Armenia. All students successfully completed both the examination and the continuous assessment and were awarded a certificate of Successful Completion that satisfies the formal training requirements for IRCA FSMS Auditor Certification.
Trainings conducted as part of this project will build capacity for CARD food safety specialists to better understand the ISO 22000 standard and food safety management issues, how to plan an audit using a set of auditing criteria, how to successfully execute a food safety management systems audit, and how to create clear, concise and relevant audit reports and communicate those reports to the client.
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