WFP carried out its second nationwide assessments during 2020 to understand how households' food security levels were impacted by COVID-19 and the conflict situation, to feed into policy dialogue with Government on how to enhance food security for the Armenian population. The objective of this study was to establish an …
In another step towards food security, Odisha has been included in the international programme for Roots & Tuber Crops (RTC) initiated by the International Potato Centre (known by its Spanish acronym CIP). A two-day project planning meeting of the programme was inaugurated by chief secretary Bijay Kumar Patnaik here on …
Television>> Online Broadcast • Armenia A popular independent Armenian television station plans to resume broadcast over the Internet more than eight years after it was taken off air by authorities, said the news agency Radio Free Europe. Mesrop Movsesian, the owner and director of the A1+ TV channel, said Armenians …
Ishita Ayan Dutt / Kolkata December 08, 2008, 0:26 IST In the wake of iron ore price crash, NMDC Spice International has put on hold its proposed acquisition of two iron ore mines in Armenia. NMDC Spice International is a proposed joint venture between state-owned miner NMDC and Spice Minerals …
Ishita Ayan Dutt / Kolkata July 09, 2008, 0:37 IST NMDC Spice International, a proposed 50:50 joint venture between state-owned miner NMDC and Spice Minerals and Metals, a part of the Spice Energy group, is close to acquiring two iron ore deposits in Armenia. The acquisition is likely to entail …
Amidst protests from environmental groups, the Armenian government has given the go-ahead to an open-pit copper mine in the Teghut forest. The project is considered the largest mine in the country. On January 28, the government cleared 1,570 hectares of Teghut forest for the project. The forest supports a large …
• The European Union has banned imports of untreated feathers from countries close to or neighbouring Turkey, where cases of avian flu have been recently reported. The countries affected by the ban are Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq and Syria. • The Chinese government has ordered an end to the …
