Armenia
2nd Community Agriculture Resource Management

 Description                                                     Country Challenge
 Purpose: To improve pasture-based livestock                     Pasture-based livestock production is affected by climate
 management in targeted alpine grasslands areas of               change, but also contributes to global warming by eroding
 Armenia.                                                        soil carbon caused by overgrazing and by methane
 Expected Results (include): By year 5:                          emissions from the digestive systems of ruminant animals.
 • Benefit at least 10,000 pasture users through their           In Armenia, carbon rich alpine grasslands account for 60%
   membership in Pasture Users’ Cooperatives.
 • Manage 110,000 hectares of land with sustainable              of the total land area but are poorly managed by
   practices.                                                    predominantly small land-holders a third of whom still live
                                                                 in poverty.
 IBRD Financing: US$23 million
                                                                 Project Goals
                                                                 The project helps targeted communities improve the
                                                                 productivity and sustainability of their pasture and livestock
                                                                 system thus improving food security and incomes. The
                                                                 inputs financed include community planning, pasture
                                                                 rotation techniques, supplementary fodder production,
                                                                 rehabilitation of degraded areas, and improved milk
                                                                 production and animal disease control.




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For more information: http://www.worldbank.org/projects/P133705/second-second-community-agriculture-resource-management-competitiveness-project?lang=en
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