"Irrigated Agriculture Development in Ararat and Armavir Marzes” (IADAAM) project’s value chain international expert Dario Caccamisi, along with national experts Tigran Hakhnazaryan and Lilit Petrosyan, have completed market survey, have identified key focus areas for value chain selection and presented the list of value chains for Ararat and Armavir marzes. While conducting their survey, they held a number of meetings with IADAAM AEST coordinators, experts and local farmers in Ararat and Armavir marzes.

IADAAM project highlights:
✔️ High-Growth Sectors – Identifying crops with strong market demand.
✔️ Export Diversification – Reducing dependency on single markets.
✔️ Value-Added Processing – Boosting efficiency & product quality.
✔️ Sustainable Practices – Enhancing climate resilience & productivity.

By selecting the most viable and profitable value chains, IADAAM is paving the way for economic growth and a more competitive agricultural sector in Ararat & Armavir. IADAAM aims to create long-term, sustainable development pathways, ensuring resilience and prosperity for farmers and agribusinesses in the marzes.

Irrigated Agriculture Development in Ararat and Armavir Marzes (IADAAM) project, financed through European Union (EU) with implementation by French Development Agency (AFD) is an integrated initiative aimed at transforming irrigated agriculture in Armenia.

Within IADAAM project a technical assistance component is implemented jointly by Agriconsulting Europe S.A, Avenue Consulting Group LLC, Strategic Development Agency NGO and 3R Strategy LLC consortium and aims to provide institutional support to the Ministry of Economy (MoE) in the formulation of agricultural policies and reforms in priority areas.