Food Safety Issue and Strategic Importance of Its Solution in the Republic of Armenia
- 1 Scientific Center of Agriculture, MOE, RA, Echmiadzin, The Republic of Armenia
- 2 Armenian National Agrarian University, Yerevan, The Republic of Armenia
- 3 Armenian State University of Economics, Yerevan, The Republic of Armenia
- 4 Armenian National Agrarian University, Yerevan, The Republic of Armenia
- 5 Central Bank of Armenia, Yerevan, The Republic of Armenia
- 6 Scientific Center of Agriculture, MOE, RA, Echmiadzin, The Republic of Armenia
- 7 Scientific Center of Agriculture, MOE, RA, Echmiadzin, The Republic of Armenia
Abstract
The article presents the study results related to the disclosure of food safety issues in the Republic of Armenia and to the strategic importance of their so lution. Taking into account the utmost strategic importance of solving the food security issue, it is necessary to handle the following key problems: 1) ensuring sustainable and balanced development of the agro-industrial complex and its individual branches (plant growing, animal husbandry, material and tech nical maintenance and services, agricultural raw material processing indus try), 2) promoting the enhancement of food safety and independence level in the republic and strengthening rural settlements, 3) improving the balance ratio of food production, exportation and importation, 4) ensuring population’s unobstructed food supply in case of raising technogenic, ecological or other types of emergency situations, 5) providing food safety in line with the stated international standards (MPC, MEL).
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