YEREVAN, DECEMBER 6, NOYAN TAPAN. An assembly point of agricultural machinery has been created in Bavra for agricultural development of Ashotsk region in Shirak marz. The governor of Shirak marz Lida Nanian stated at the December 5 opening ceremony of the assembly point that it will mainly service Saragyugh, Sizavet and Tavshut village communities. In her words, the assembly point was created with the assistance of the Norwegian government and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). The UNDP Resident Representative to Armenia Consuelo Vidal said that the four communities of Ashotsk region have been involved in the 2007-2009 complex development program of the UN, which will help increase the efficiency of agricultural work in these communities and their incomes. According to the head of Bavra community Koryun Sumbulian, the creation of the agricultural machinery assembly point will allow local farms to cultivate more land plots. The assembly point has nine pieces of agricultural machinery, inlcluding four wheeled tractors made in Belarus.

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