A workshop on “Conservation Agriculture and No-till technology application perspectives in the Republic of Armenia and Good Agricultural Practices of Cereals Production” was held today within the framework of the “ENPARD Technical Assistance to the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Armenia” project implemented by FAO and “Sustainable Agriculture Value Chain Development” project implemented by CARD Foundation with participation of representatives from the Ministry of Agriculture, scientific centres, Agricultural Support Marz Centres, Lori Regional Administration, farmers and other stakeholders.

As a result of climate change, drought, soil degradation, erosion and indiscriminate use of land the Republic of Armenia as well as the whole world faces the challenge of soil microflora, landscape, climate and water quality protection. From this perspective, one of the primary goals of modern farming is the maintenance of fertility of arable land and its further development, which evokes the necessity of applying new conservation agriculture systems, minimum and no-till soil cultivation technologies.

The workshop aimed at introducing the advantages of mentioned technologies; present the good agricultural practices of cereals production applied by “Bozoyan” LLC; advanced technologies of applied No-till farming and grain storage.

During the workshop the representative from “John Deere” Mr. Vahan Ghazaryan introduced the international experience of applying Conservation Agriculture, as well as the modern agricultural techniques used during No-till farming.

At the end of the workshop the participants were presented the wheat seeding activities carried out by No-till technology.