Main Project partner (applicant)

Event: Reception of the "Porkian" Project by Ministry of Agriculture of Armenia

Mr. Davit Lokyan (Minister of Agriculture of Armenia)

Mr. Maurice Kerens (Holland Trade Support/Morris Group)

Mr. Ton Verhagen (Representative of Dutch Embassy in Ukraine)

In "Porkian" project Armenian and Dutch companies enhanced the complete pig production chain from breeding to slaughtering and marketing. The main impact was the setting up of an pig artificial insemination station (with laboratory) for collecting and use of the semen at local pig breeders. The imported Dutch boars insure a good genetic quality of the semen. Together with a high quality feed and know-how transfer from all the consortium partners, the recipients and the local farmers gain opportunities to transit to commercial, larger scale pig farming. All the sows of local farmers had pigs which have a high slaughter quality and an improved efficiency. The placement of a Dutch Pig Slaughterhouse and the use of existing distribution channels and shops created a relative small, but complete production chain. The co-operation between the partners has been a base for further development of the pig-production-chain. On the long term the project creates an improved knowledge of integrated pork production by demonstrating the importance of the critical aspects for increasing the production efficiently and their relation to breeding, feeding, husbandry and slaughtering results.

Event: PAC Meeting within the scopes of “Porkian” project. Yerevan, Armenia

People

Ms. Henriëtte Hilgerman (EVD)

Mr. Maurice P. Kerens (Morris Group)

Mr. Arthur Hovhannisyan (Landras Ltd)

Mr. Wim van Oirschot (Wivo BV)

Ms. Ellen v.d. Vrucht (Royal Dutch Embassy in Kiev, Ukraine)

Mr. Mher Hayryan (Ministry of Finance and Economy of Armenia)