12/10/2025

Non-chemical alternatives for sustainable agriculture in Armenia: best practices

The project “Non-chemical alternatives for sustainable agriculture in Armenia,best practices” is being implemented by AWHHE from September 2024 up to September 2025 aimed at empowering small holder farmers, especially women, with innovative knowledge and skills to take advantage of existing opportunities in smart alternative agriculture obtain training in alternative agriculture focusing on IPM.in order to boost their farms’ productivity   […]

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29/05/2024

2024 – 2026 – Promoting Democratic Participation and Climate-Smart Agriculture in Armenia

Armenian Women for Health and Healthy Environment has launched a new project “Promoting Democratic Participation and Climate-Smart Agriculture in Armenia”, funded by The United Nations Democracy Fund.  This 24-months project, which started on 1 February 2024, aims to promote democratic participation in agriculture in Armenia’s Kotayk and Lori provinces through empowering local small holder farmers, especially women, with innovative knowledge and skills for reducing […]

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27/04/2023

2023-2024 – Integrated Pest Management as an Alternative Approach

Objectives: Contribute to protection of human health and the environment through promotion of safe alternatives and IPM by strengthening the capacity of rural farmers in particular women in order to reduce pesticides residues in products Raise awareness among farmers, focusing on women farmers, academia, relevant officials by development of information campaign related to IPM approach Seminars on “Integrated control as […]

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10/01/2021

2020 – 2021 – Maintaining the health and proper working conditions of greenhouse workers

Agriculture is one of the most important branches of Armenia’s economy, with more than 35% of the population involved in. Farmers and agricultural workers face greatest challenge regarding occupational safety and health as most of them work in various small farms and enterprises. Rapid increase of greenhouse production especially in Ararat region requires particular attention to the OSH issues. Agricultural […]

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28/07/2020

2019-2026 – “Rural Economic Development-New Economic Opportunities” program

The “Rural Economic Development-New Economic Opportunities” program (RED-NEO) is being implemented by CARD with the Armenian Women for Health and Healthy Environment NGO, AM Partners Consulting and Hicks, Burnham and Williams LLC. RED-NEO program builds upon current and previous projects, initiatives and activities that the government of Armenia, the U.S. government and USAID, and other donor and non-governmental organizations are […]

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01/03/2019

2019 – Towards Free of Glyphosate Agriculture

 The project is supported by GGF There is sufficient scientific evidence regarding Glyphosate’s significant threat to agrarian societies. Some countries including EU, have already banned its use. In Armenia, Glyphosate is widely used in agriculture. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, the annual amount of import is steadily increasing (12,000 liters in 2012, 60,000 liters in 2013; 149,280 t in […]

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03/05/2017

2017 – Sustainable Agriculture for Women in Armenia: Sustainable development of three Armenian rural communities by women

According to the Partnership Agreement between the NGO “Armenian Women for Health and Environment” (AWHHE) and Women Engage for a Common Future (WECF – France), the project entitled “Sustainable Agriculture for Women in Armenia: Sustainable Development of Three Armenian Rural   Communities by Women” was successfully implemented. Below are reported the activities in accordance with the log frame. Construction of a […]

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20/09/2016

2016 – Local small-size red lentil production in Solak
We have started with a minimum, but will achieve the maximum results

My name is Raisa Khachatryan. I have been coordinating the activities of the Women’s Resource Center of Solak community since its establishment in 2011 by the “Armenian Women for Health and Healthy Environment” (AWHHE) NGO. AWHHE has significantly contributed to sustainable agricultural development and production of ecologically clean agricultural products. I can proudly say that we have achieved considerable success […]

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04/12/2015

2015 – Armenian Women for Healthy Fruit All Year Round

The project is supported by the OSCE Office in Yerevan.Project time-frame: 3,5 months (in 2015)Target communities: Ditak (Ararat marz), Solak (Kotayk), Voskevan (Tavush) The project focused on: community education to promote the use of clean and safe solar energy for fruit drying a poster entitled “Construction of a Solar Dryer”  a leaflet entitled “Drying of Agricultural Products Using the Sun’s […]

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