Fruitfull Armenia Forum gets underway in Yerevan

The fifth Fruitfull Armenia Forum launched today in Armenian capital city of Yerevan. Armenia’s Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan alongside with Executive Director of Fruitfull Armenia Company, Anna Shirinyan, representative of the Public Information Department of the UN Office in Armenia, Maria Dotsenko, representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Gayane Nasoyan, Armenia’s Minister of Agriculture, Gerasim Alaverdyan, welcomed the participants and guests.

“This jubilee meeting makes clear that Fruitfull Armenia forums are effective and that the ongoing works are very important for the development of agriculture in Armenia. We are closely watching all discussions as its results are very useful for government,” said Prime Minister Sargsyan adding that dedication to youth makes this forum a symbolic.

Agricultural reforming in Armenia was implemented effectively, said Tigran Sargsyan citing FAO assessment. “However, this doesn’t matter we should not see the existing problems,” he added.

The Fruitfull Armenia Forum has a clear objective to stimulate innovative proposals and to find talented young adults among Armenians worldwide to expand agricultural sector and those of marketing, trade, finance, etc. Forum has its money prize fund as well as gifts for winners. Thus, gold winner will be awarded by 3 million drams, while the second-seeded will receive 750 thousand drams and the third-seeded will get 300 thousand drams.

The forum involves some thematic discussions about finance, financial programs in Armenia, small and middle business, key agricultural matters and so on. The participants were awarded by certificates, and the ceremony of awarding will be hold tomorrow.