Vardan Urutyan

Armenian National Agrarian University | ANAU

This study provides an empirical assessment of the impacts of Armenia’s accession to the Eurasian Economic Union on consumer welfare. Specifically, it combines primary individual-level expenditure survey data with the recent advances in consumer theory to examine the welfare consequences of rising prices of a broad range of widely consumed dairy pr...

Economic and environmental feasibility was calculated for small-, medium- , large-scale Aquaculture facilities in Armenia. Monte-Carlo simulation techniques were applied for feasibility analysis.

There is currently an intensive discussion about whether farmers in the Caucasian and Central Asian countries can profit from the Russian import ban on Western foodstuffs by raising their agricultural exports to Russia. In all likelihood the profits from increased exports in the individual CCA countries will vary sub-stantially as a result of their...

For over 7,000 years wine is produced in Armenia; hence as new discoveries show Armenia can be considered as the cradle of wine production. Despite of or because of this tradition nowadays Armenia is more recognised for its prime brandy production than for its wine. Starting to operate a brandy business Pernod-Richard started to introduce numerous...

The Russian import ban on Western food products has stimulated a discussion about whether and how countries in Central Asia and Caucasus might benefit from this political decision by expanding their agrifood exports to Russia. Given this background, our study compares farmers’ willingness to participate in export markets in Armenia and Uzbekistan....

Armenia has been well known for wine production for many centuries. During Soviet times the industry was particu- larly specialized in wine, brandy and sparkling wine making. Nearly 25% of brandy produced in the Soviet Union was made in Armenia. After the independence in early 1990s, the industry as a whole collapsed and production volumes declined...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the determinants of supply chain relationships, the provision of supplier support measures and the role that support measures play in stimulating investment by suppliers in emerging economies. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws on survey evidence for 300 commercial dairy farms in Armeni...

This paper analyses the impact on investments of contractual arrangements between farms and agribusiness in the Armenian dairy sector. Our empirical evidence is based on a unique survey of 300 Armenian dairy farms. The dairy sector is of particular importance as it provides vital employment and income, in an environment of weak social security and...

It is widely recognized that academia should prepare students for the job market as well as provide general education. An important aspect of agribusiness education is that industry leaders expect graduates to have several skills that improve the management capacity of the firm. This responsibility means that curriculum development and implementati...

Until recently it could have been said that organic farming was an intermittent technique limited to only a few countries. However, in the last few years a boom was emerged which has led to a drastically different situation when this technique is widely used in almost all the countries and is currently flourishing. Armenia is not exclusion in this...

The paper aims at studying the challenges of agricultural finance in Armenia. Strengthening the rural credit markets and institutions in Armenia is of paramount importance. The study reviews and analyzes the outcomes of the Agricultural Credit Club Program implemented by the US Department of Agriculture Marketing Assistance Program in Armenia. The...

PROBLEM STATEMENT A high degree of integration of the Republic of Armenia into the Soviet economy induced economic collapse during the transition period. In result over 330,000 farms emerged and the share of Armenian agriculture in GDP increased up to 40%. There are many problems in agriculture such as the lack of suitable machinery and equipment,...

The dairy industry is the largest among the other agricultural industries in Armenia. According to the 2004 statistical yearbook of Armenia, there are around 566 thousand heads of cattle including 291,000 cows in the country. Since 2000, the number of cows increased by 30,000 heads. The same statistics indicate that milk production has sharply incr...

Key findings from survey work on dairy farmers' relationships with their main buyers in Armenia, Moldova and Ukraine are resented. The analysis reveals a varied set of supply relationships. The lowest level of satisfaction with buyer relationships is recorded by household farms in Ukraine. These farms typically have 1 or 2 cows, sell principally to...