Water-to-Market Activity

On March 27, 2006 the Government of Armenia became signatory to a Compact with the Millennium Challenge Corporation of the United States under which it received a grant to reduce rural poverty through a program of investment and technical assistance to achieve a sustainable increase in the economic performance of the agricultural sector. With almost 40% of the rural population living in poverty and agricultural productivity significantly below its potential, this initiative has the potential to make a major contribution to the reduction of poverty in the economy as a whole. The MCA –Armenia ( www.mca.am ) has developed several projects to address the issue, one of them being Water-to-Market Activity http://www.wtm.am/

The Water-to-Market Activity Composition

Training Component
The mission of Training Component is to train farmers in field husbandry practices and use of new equipment and technologies to make efficient use of water for specific crops and conditions in the Republic of Armenia. The Trainings are implemented by the VISTAA Plus experts in relevant fields. For more information regarding the number of trainings/trainees per each Marz/Community see the table on top right.

The trainings are provided in:
On-Farm Water Management (OFWM) (OFWM Training Manual Outline)

High Value Agriculture (HVA) (HVA Training Manual Outline) 

The target group of the Training Component is the rural population of the Republic of Armenia.

The deliverables of the Training Component are:

 Training activities cover all ten Marzes of Armenia. For the aggregated coverage and status of deliverables refer to the map below.