PROJECT PROPOSAL
for Benefit-sharing Fund of the International Treaty
I. CONTACT INFORMATION
Organization: Scientific Center of Agrobiotechnology
Address: #1 Isi-Le-Mulino Str., Echmiadzin, 1101
Telephone: (+37431) 5-69-70
Fax: (+37431) 56970
Country: Republic of Armenia
Web page:
Contact Person
Mr
Mrs
Ms 
Name Gayane
Middle name ______ Last name
Position: GeneBank Manager
Address: #1 Isi-Le-Mulino Str., Echmiadzin, 1101
P.O. Box
Country: Republic of Armenia
Telephone: (+374 93) 52 26 00
Fax:
(+374 31) 5-69-70
E-mail: gmggmg65@mail.ru
Melyan
II. INFORMATION ON THE ORGANIZATION
A. BACKGROUND
The loss of plant genetic resources by its declining use in modern agriculture has generated
much concern about the future susceptibility of agricultural production and related pest and
disease risks, food security and environmental stability. Number of international conventions
ratified in the country as well as national strategies has moved the conservation and sustainable
use of plant genetic resources issue to the top of national development agenda.
Armenia is one of the centres of cultivated plant origin. Due to a long cultivation history and
diversified eco-geographical condition in Armenia considerable amount of landraces or primary
cultivars are available cereals, leguminous, fruits, grape, berries, vegetable, etc. These varieties
have strong adaptability to local soil and climate conditions and special characteristics such as
diseases, pest, stress resistance, high nutrition quality. Consequently, reliable conservation and
better usage of agricultural biodiversity may provide environmental, economic and socio-cultural
benefits on national, regional and global levels.
Attaching importance to the need conservation of plant diversity as a part of biodiversity, in
2006 the Ministry of Agriculture of Armenia established the Genebank of Plant Genetic
Resources, which is located in the Scientific Center of Agrobiotechnology. At present 2130
accession of agricultural crops (including their wild relatives) of primary importance for the
country, are stored under the medium and long-term conditions.
Since the establishment of the GeneBank the Center of Agrobiotechnology is actively involved
in the projects targeted on sustainable conservation of Plant Genetic Recourses for Food and
Agriculture (PGRFA). In 2006-2007 the USDA project aimed at the enhancing GeneBank
storage facilities was implemented by the Center. In 2006-2008 the staff of the Center was
participated in joint collection mission with Slovak Agricultural Research Center (Piestani,
Slovak Republic), N.I.Vavilov Institute of Plant Production (St. Petersburg, Russia), Research
Institute for Bioresources (Okayama, Japan) aimed at the collection of seeds of wild cereals,
grain legumes and vegetables to be stored at the genebanks of the participated countries. The
FAO project on “Establishment of the National Information Sharing Mechanism on PGRFA and
the Preparation of a Country Report on the State of PGRFA” was implemented by the Scientific
Center of Agrobiotechnology in 2007-2008. The database filled within frames of the project
includes the most comprehensive inventory of national PGRFA related institutions, experts,
publications, laws, and projects, as well as, of cultivated varieties.
The GeneBank is maintained the Database of plant genetic resources, which keeps a national
inventory of PGRFA for existing working ex situ collections in the country. The Database is not
accessible now for researchers and breeders because of absence of internet and intranet
facilities in research institutions. The current state of documentation of country’s ex situ
collections is far from being satisfactory. Even though since their establishment, documentation
activities have always been part of the standard management in scientific institutions, the
information on maintained accessions is presently still recorded mainly in registration books. No
apparent attention is being paid at present to inter-communication among the various
databases.
B. ORGANIZATION
i) Nature of the organization
Government 
A farmer, farming community or farmers' association
Non Governmental Organization
Gene bank or ex situ collection of PGRFA
Science, research & academic sector
Private Sector
A regional or international organization
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ii) Organization’s mandate, organisational structure, funding, and capacity to administer
small scale projects
From 1995 till 2004 the Biotechnological Laboratory was functioned within the Scientific Center
of Agriculture and Plant Protection of Ministry of Agriculture. Since 2004 the Scientific Center of
Agrobiotechnology was established on the basis of the scientific personnel and technical
capacity on this laboratory.
Nowadays the Scientific Center of Agrobiodiversity is one of the research centers of the
Ministry of Agriculture, whose mandate includes:
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collection, evaluation and storage of PGRFA accessions
GeneBank maintenance and database conducting
in-vitro conservation of vegetatively propagated plants
development and application of biotechnological methodologies for rapid propagation of
prospective varieties of crops as well as of species and varieties, represented by single
samples and not easy propagated by traditional methods
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development and application of tissue culture methodologies for mass propagation of
healthy planting material
immunodiagnostics of plant viruses / by ELISA test/;
breeding in vitro, creation of genetic diversity through application of the methods of
embryoculture and induced mutagenesis.
The structure of the Center is as follows:
Scientific Center of
Agrobiotechnology
Laboratory of Tissue Culture of
Grapes, Fruits and Ornamental Plants
Plant
GeneBank
Laboratory of Virus Free Potato
Production
Scientific Experimental
Station
Greenhouses
Mini-tubers
storage facility
The Center’s staff includes 20 researchers and technicians.
Being a state organization within the Ministry of Agriculture the Scientific Center of
Agrobiotechnology is funded by the state Budget, provided financial recourses for the
implementation of research projects on targeted on elaboration and introduction of the
technologies of conservation, evaluation, characterisation and documentation of autochthonic
(local origin) plant genetic resources for food and agriculture in Armenia. Besides, the Center
has got additional funding from small grants from USDA (2006-2007), FAO (2007-2008) and
Agricultural Technologies Assessment Project (Rural Enterprise and Small-Scale Commercial
Agricultural Development Project, WB).
The staff of the Scientific Center of Agrobiotechnology was trained in database management,
GeneBank management and other PGR conservation and use related topics.
The Center cooperates with International Research Centers of CGIAR, research institutions of
Russian Federation, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Moldova, Georgia, Slovak Republic, Japan,
Belgium, Poland, India, Uzbekistan, and others in accessions and information exchange,
organization of scientific expeditions.
iii) The Steering Advisory Committee to oversee the development of this project has
been established:
1. Samvel Avetisyan - First Deputy Minister of Agriculture
2. Alvina Avagyan – National Focal Point of IT PGRFA, National Coordinator of PGR, Ministry
of Agriculture
3. Levon Minasyan – Head of Department of Science, Education and Consultancy, Ministry of
Agriculture
4. Andranik Petrosyan - Head of Department of Foreign Relations and Marketing, Ministry of
Agriculture
5. Michael Gyulkhasyan - Armenian State Agrarian University, Head of Department of Crop
Production, Head of Plant Gene Pool & Breeding Laboratory
III. PROJECT DESCRIPTION
A. PROJECT TITLE
Promoting Sustainable Use of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and
Agriculture through Expanding Documentation, Characterization and
Public Awareness Activities
B. DURATION OF THE PROJECT
Start of the project (month/year) Sept. 2009
End of the project (month/year) Sept. 2011
C. SUMMARY OF THE PROJECT
In the result of the assessment carried out during the preparation of Country Report on the state
of PGRFA the needs and obstacles in effective management of PGRFA in the country have
been identified and the recommendations towards the solution to the existing problems have
been provided. The identified country’s priorities for the effective management of PGRFA
include improving PGRFA documentation, including evaluation and characterization, and
widening its access to all potential users is of high priority in Armenia to ensure their enhancing
use, to contribute to food security and agricultural development and fulfillment of the country’s
obligation under the IT PGRFA.
The objectives of the project are to:
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provide facilitated access to germplasm and related information through creation of
comprehensive database, establishment strong links between stakeholders and
provision if web-shared information
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strengthen the utilization of PGRFA in breeding programmes through trainings of
personnel involved in modern breeding tools and approaches.
The following activities will be carried out to reach the project goal:
 Development of a comprehensive national PGR information system, that will
allow:
- PGR workers to collect, obtain, protect and document national PGR collections more
efficiently
- plant breeders to utilize PGR more efficiently
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design a common database format (based on database format of
International institutions, e.g. ICARDA database format) to be provided to key
partners (collection holders institutions)
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updating, error-checking, and consolidating the National Inventory on PGRFA
based on new data provided by stakeholders institutions
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Establishment of a web-based information service providing researchers with
unified access to ex situ collections
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design a web portal of the National GeneBank linked with International
databases, national related collections
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organization of seminar on use of National GeneBank web portal
Updating the National Information Sharing Mechanism on PGRFA
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collection of information from stakeholders on national PGRFA related
institutions, researchers, publications, laws, implemented and on-going
projects, cultivated crop varieties, etc.
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organization of seminar on updating of National Information Sharing
Mechanism on PGRFA
Characterization of accessions stored to facilitate their use in breeding
programmes
 organization of trainings on:
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conservation, management and germplasm health assessment of living
and seed collections of PGRFS maintained under ex situ conditions
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training in database operation for database managers from key partners
institutions
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training on methods in conventional and modern breeding targeted on
enhanced use of PGRFA
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improving documentation of PGRFA, including evaluation and
characterization to increase the number of characterized and evaluated
accessions (from present 10% of the national inventory to 20%)
 generation of data, producing and dissemination among breeders, farmers
and seed producers of information/learning materials, booklets to address
the gaps of PGRFA related information.
D. PROJECT OBJECTIVE(S), ACTIVITIES AND OUTPUTS
Objective 1: To provide facilitated access to germplasm and related information through
creation of comprehensive database, establishment strong links between stakeholders
and provision if web-shared information
Activities
Project outputs
.1. Design a common
database format to be
provided to key
partners
 Improved germplasm
.2. Updating, errorchecking, and
consolidating the
National Inventory on
PGRFA, based on new
data provided by
stakeholders institutions
 Increased number of germplasm
documentation systems and
facilitated exchange of germplasm
information
accessions documented and data
available
 Updated the National Inventory
of PGRFA
Milestones and
indicators
Milestones: lack of
technical means
(hardware/software
components) of key
partners institutions
Indicators: common
database format
designed and provided
to key partners
institutions
Milestones: lack of
skills of personnel and
technical means
(hardware/software
components) of key
partners institutions
Indicators: common
database format
designed and provided
to key partners
institutions
Due date
in 8th month
in 23th month
1.3. Design a web
portal of the National
GeneBank linked with
International databases,
national related
collections
Increased access to germplasm
and information on PGRFA
1.4. Organization of
seminar on use of
National GeneBank
web portal
Increases number of users of
National GeneBank web portal
and PGRFA collections
1.5. Collection of
information from
stakeholders on
national PGRFA related
institutions, researchers, publications,
laws, implemented and
on-going projects,
cultivated varieties, etc.
1.6. Organization of
seminar on updating of
National Information
Sharing Mechanism on
PGRFA
 The “Common Tables” of the
National Information Sharing
Mechanism (NISM) filled
 The merged into the National
database data from the partners
 The analyzed data recorded
under the National Information
Sharing Mechanism
 The updated web site of and
database of the National
Information Sharing Mechanism
demonstrated
Milestones:
identification of
appropriate domain for
web site hosting
Indicators: designed
web-site of the
National Genebank
with the links to the
international and
national collections
Milestones: low
interest due to luck of
awareness on PGRFA
importance
Indicators: number,
of guests visiting website, number of
accessions distributed
Milestones:
insufficient technical
capacity of partners for
establishment of the
NISM software
Indicators: Updating
National Information
Sharing Mechanism
in 18th month
Milestones:
insufficient technical
capacity of partners for
establishment and
using of the NISM
software
Indicators: complied
database distributed to
the stakeholders
in 23th month
in 19th month
in 22th month
Objective 2: To strengthen the utilization of PGRFA in breeding programmes through
trainings of personnel involved in modern breeding tools and approaches
Activities
Project outputs
2.1. Trainings on
conservation,
management and
germplasm health
assessment of living
and seed collections of
PGRFA maintained
under ex situ conditions
 Improved management of
2.2. Trainings for
database managers in
database operation
 Improved germplasm
PGRFA ex situ collections
 Increase value of seed
collections of PGRFA
 Increased quality of seed
documentation and management
systems
Milestones and
indicators
Milestones:
Due date
in 11th month
insufficient storage
facilities for ex situ
conservation
Indicators: Number of
personal trained in
PGRFA ex situ
collections
conservation,
management and
germplasm health
Milestones: lack of
skills of personnel and
technical means
(hardware/software
components) of key
partners institutions
in 12th month
2.3. Trainings on
methods in
conventional and
modern breeding
targeted on enhanced
use of PGRFA
 Increased level of PGRFA use
2.4. Improving
documentation of
PGRFA, including
evaluation and
characterization to
increase the number of
characterized and
evaluated accessions
 Facilitated utilization of PGRFA
2.5. Generation of data,
producing and
dissemination among
breeders, farmers and
seed producers of
information/learning
materials, booklets to
address the gaps of
PGRFA related
information
- Increased public awareness on in
seed sources, crop varieties
available
in breeding programmes
accessions stored
 Economic benefits from the
utilization of accessions in plant
breeding programmes
Indicators:
 number of personal
trained in database
operation
 increased number
of computerized data
on PGRFA accessions
Milestones: luck
technical means and
knowledge for
application of the
methods of modern
breeding
Indicators:
 number of personal
trained in conventional
and modern breeding
Milestones: luck
technical means and
knowledge for
accessions evaluation
according to the
modern methodologies
Indicators:
 increased number of
characterized and
evaluated accessions
from 10 % at present
level to 20%
 Germplasm
characterization and
evaluation data
entered into
appropriate national,
regional and
international
databases
Milestones: low
interest of farmers in
traditional varieties
and wild plants
Indicators: published
information leaflets,
publications,
catalogues, booklets
in 14th month
in 20th month
during the
project
implementation
E. MONITORING
The Project Coordinator will be responsible for the reporting of the project through periodical
submission of project progress reports and final report on the project implementation.
Monitoring will be done based on the indicators mentioned by the Project Steering Advisory
Committee.
Project Steering Advisory Committee will meet twice per year to endorse the annual workplan,
review the progress in implementation, monitor the project effectiveness and make the
recommendations for the next steps of the project.
F. TEAM COMPOSITION AND CAPACITY
1. Gayane Melyan - Project Coordinator, PhD in Biology, GeneBank Mananger, Scientific
Center of Agrobiotechnology
2. Aghvan Sahakyan - Team member, PhD in Agriculture, Scientific Center of
Agrobiotechnology
3. Kima Dangyan - Team member, Scientific Center of Agrobiotechnology
G. CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS DEVELOPMENT
The challenge of raising the level of food security is one of priorities of the country’s economy.
At present this challenge is considered in the terms of international price growth for food
products, taking into account the Republic’s dependence on import of a number of food
products of vital importance.
Activities targeted at the rise of the level of physical and economic availability of food products
contribute to the increase of the level of self-sufficiency for main food products. Through the
project implementation the documentation, characterization and evaluation of genetic resources
at the national level will be improved, and data as well as germplazm will be increasingly
available for utilization, that in its turn will contribute to increase of crop productivity and
therefore to food security.
Collaboration between stakeholders in the private and public sectors will be improved. The
basic system for the management of the genetic resources will be established.
ii) Specify with an X if the project contributes to:
* eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
* ensure environmental sustainability
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iii) Indicate if the project contributes to other Millennium Development Goals1 and how.
No
H. RELEVANCE TO NATIONAL OR REGIONAL PLANS AND PROGRAMMES
Armenia ratified the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in 1993. The CBD aims at the
conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of its components and the fair and
equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources, and provides
for national sovereignty for its biological resources. Many of the necessary legal and technical
obligations for implementation of CBD are in place in Armenia and adequate and many actions
toward information management have been adopted as national targets.
In 2007 the country jointed the International Treaty for Plant genetic recourses for Food and
Agriculture. Being a member of the treaty, Armenia has to meet commitments to enhance the
1
Find the Millennium Development Goals at: http://www.fao.org/mdg/
access to plant genetic recourses and fair and equitable sharing of benefits derived from their
use, in harmony with the Convention on Biological Diversity, for sustainable agriculture and food
security.
The PGRFA National Programme has been not developed yet in the country. Elaboration of a
national PGRFA programme is considered in the republic as a stable and long-term platform for
implementation of international agreements, such as the Global Plan of Action on the
Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of PGRFA, as well as the relevant obligations of the
CBD, Framework Convention on Climate Change and Convention to Combat Desertification.
However, the problems of improving information management of are reflected in relevant
strategies and national programmes, such as “Agriculture Sustainable Development Strategy” ,
“State Strategy and National Action Plan for Development of Nature Protected Areas in
Armenia”, Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plant, “Action Plan for Armenian National Capacity
Self-assessment for Global Environmental Management”.
Number of projects aimed at ensuring facilitated access to and exchange of information on
national, regional and international levels, assessment of the stage of PGRFA conservation and
use were implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture of Armenia in recent years. Within the
framework of FAO/EC project “Designing an Integrated Strategy to Improve Armenia’s Food
Security through Improved Management and Utilization of Plant Genetic Resources” a Study,
which was conducted jointly by ICARDA, FAO and the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of
Armenia, identified the emerging challenges and key elements of national policy on PGRFA
conservation and use.
In the result of the assessment carried out during the preparation of Country Report on the state
of PGRFA the needs and obstacles in effective management of PGRFA in the country have
been identified. The revealed priorities for reliable conservation and sustainable utilization of
PGRFA include enhancing long term conservation facilities for PGRFA, expanding
characterization and evaluation activities, facilitating communication and accessions related
data exchange between relevant institutions, organizing trainings on national, regional and
international level on PGRFA evaluation, increasing public awareness concerning PGRFA
conservation and effective use.
I. CONTRIBUTION TO CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
The role of PGRFA, their conservation and sustainable use is nowadays getting increasingly
importance across the world as they are one of the most essential components in agricultural
and environmental protection policies.
The implementation of the project will promote to develop and strengthen of national plant
genetic recourses system which will help to make optimal use of country genetic diversity.
The project will provide a gateway to the knowledge that makes collections of crop diversity
more useful to farmers, plant breeders and researchers. Ultimate impacts will be on food
security, poverty and the environment.
J. PROJECT BUDGET
Benefit-sharing Fund
budget:
YEAR 1
YEAR 2
TOTAL
1. Staff
Project Coordinator
Researcher
Researcher
3000
2000
2000
3000
2000
2000
6000
4000
4000
2. Supplies
Paper, office supplies
Auto leasing (including gas)
Laboratory supplies and
chemicals
150
150
300
500
150
500
200
1000
350
1500
500
1500
500
3000
3. Services
Web page design
design and publishing
booklets, learning materials,
posters
Invitation of international expert
on conservation, management
and germplasm health
assessment of living and seed
collections of PGRFS
maintained under ex situ
conditions
Invitation of local expert on
database management for ex
situ collections
Invitation of local expert on
methods in conventional and
modern breeding
Translation
4000
1000
1000
2000
Accessions characterization
and evolution
3500
3500
7000
Consultant
1500
1500
3000
500
500
1000
4000
1000
1000
4. Local travel
Trips to research centers,
experimental stations located
in different administrative
regions
5. Equipment
Copy machine
Computer (hard/software)
Scanner
Printer
600
1500
200
300
600
1500
200
300
Training 1. One day workshop
for 30 participants on
conservation, management
and germplasm health
assessment of living and seed
collections of PGRFS
maintained under ex situ
conditions
Training 2. One day workshop
training course for 30
participants on database
management for ex situ
collections
Training 3. One day workshop
training course for 30
participants on methods in
conventional and modern
breeding
1250
1250
Miscellaneous expenses
TOTAL
250
6. Trainings
1250
1250
1250
1250
250
500
45 000
Other contributions:
YEAR 1
1. Personnel
2. Maintenance cost
(including
communication
expenses)
3. Car Maintenance
YEAR 2
TOTAL
7800
8500
7800
8500
15600
17000
580
580
1160
ii) Indicate if you have applied for co-funding from other sources or submitted this proposal to
other funding sources? - No
K. BENEFICIARIES
i) Please select who is (are) the immediate beneficiary (ies) of the project
Government 
Farmer, Farming Community, Farmer’s association
Non Governmental Organization
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Gene bank or ex situ collection of PGRFA 
Science, research & academic sector
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Private sector 
A regional or international organization
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ii) Indicate how the results of the project will directly or indirectly reach the beneficiaries
At the end of the project it is expected that in Armenia will establish plant genetic resources
systems to be able to actively participate in efforts for the conservation and use of plant genetic
resources. Documentation, characterization and evaluation of genetic resources at the national
level will be improved, and data as well as material will be increasingly available for use.
Collaboration between stakeholders in the private and public sectors will be strengthened.
Beneficiaries will be all the stakeholders who can benefit from sustainable conservation and use
of genetic resources:
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GeneBank and state ex situ collection holders having improved skill in database operation
and ex situ management
Researchers:
-involved in crop breeding, trained and having facilitated access to germplams and related
information
-analyzing traits of genetic material to be used in breeding programmes
Student, post-graduate students trained in modern breeding technologies
Farmers to be acquainted with techniques to sustainable manage biodiversity important to
agriculture and having wider access to information and germplazm
Private seed production companies
NGOs dealing with organic agriculture and needed in landraces and local varieties suitable
foe organic farming
CGIAR and other major gene banks and their crop improvement program
L. COLLABORATION
i) Contact information of collaboration promoted through the project
Collaborating Institution
Scientific Center of Agriculture and Plant
Protection of the Ministry of Agriculture
Contact Person
Position
Address
Roland Kazaryan
Team leader, PhD, plant breeder
1# Isi le-mulino Str., Echmiadzin, 1101, Republic
of Armenia
(+374 94) 71 71 71
Sahakyan48@mail.com
Scientific Center of Viticulture, Fruit-Growing
and Wine-Making of the Ministry of
Agriculture
Derenik Sapharyan
Telephone / Fax
E-mail
Collaborating Institution
Contact Person
Position
Address
Team leader, academician, PhD, plant breeder,
physiologist
Vil. Merdzavan, Armavir Marz, 378312, Armenia
Telephone / Fax
(+374 81)3528
E-mail
Collaborating Institution
Scientific Center of Vegetable-Melons and
Industrial Crops
Contact Person
Position
Address
Gayane Sargsyan
Telephone / Fax
E-mail
Collaborating Institution
(+374 10) 746255
Contact Person
Position
Margarita Harutyunyan
Address
Telephone / Fax
E-mail
# 74 Teryan Str., 0009, Yerevan, Armenia
Director
Vil. Darakert, 378371, Ararat Marz, Republic of
Armenia
scvic49@mail.ru
Laboratory of Plants Gene Pool and Breeding
of Armenian State Agrarian University
Leading Researcher, PhD in Biology, botanist
(+374 10) 563840
pgr_lab@mail.ru
ii) The roles and responsibilities, both technical and managerial of the institutions and
key staff involved in the project.
Name, Surname, Position
Roles and responsibilities
Key Staff:
Gayane Melyan, Project Coordinator
Aghvan Sahakyan, Researcher
Kima Dangyan, Researcher
Supervision of project, hiring of expert,
reporting, drafting of working plans,
organization of training
Preparation of training, learning materials,
booklets, leaflets, etc.
Data base filling, collection of information,
Experts from Collaborating
Institutions:
Margarita Harutyunyan, Laboratory of
Plants Gene Pool and Breeding of
Armenian State Agrarian University,
Leading Researcher
Derenik Sapharyan, Scientific Center
of Viticulture, Fruit-Growing and
Wine-Making of the Ministry of
Agriculture, Team Leader
Laura Tadevosyan, Scientific Center
of Vegetable-Melons and Industrial
Crops, Senior Researcher
Roland Kazaryan, Scientific Center of
Agriculture and Plant Protection of
the Ministry of Agriculture, Team
Leader
Provision of passport, characterization and
evaluation data on wild cereals accessions
stored at the State Agrarian University
Provision of passport, characterization and
evaluation data on grapes an fruits accessions
Provision of passport, characterization and
evaluation data of accessions vegetables and
melons accessions stored at the Scientific
Center of Vegetable-Melons and Industrial
Crops
Provision of passport, characterization and
evaluation data of landraces and cultivated
varieties of cereals and grain legumes
accessions stored at the Scientific Center
M. GEOGRAPHIC EXTENSION
The results of the project will allow regional and international partners, multilateral cooperation
systems users to exploit a great genetic variability of Armenian crop wild relatives, landraces
and cultivated varieties to improve crop production to contribute to the diversification of
agriculture.
Dissemination of the project results will be accomplished through publications and
establishment of a website.
N. SUSTAINABILITY
The project will contribute to the conservation and exploitation of genetic resources of few
genera of worldwide importance. The extension of data in European crop databases is
envisaged by the projects, this will ensure the sustainable activities towards facilitation access
to germplazm and related information.
The WebPages will be improved year by year with new information and illustrated material.
The skills of database managers and collection holders which will be improved through the
trainings to be organized within framework of the project , as well as the strengthening of
cooperation between institutions due to establishment of a common data exchange format, will
contribute to sustainability of activities conducting in the given area and to enlargement of
beneficiaries scope.
Appendix 1.
IV. DISBURSEMENT
Bank Details
IBAN Code
Swift/BIC Code: ASHBAM22
Account number: 24759000317100/20
Beneficiary: Scientific Center of Agrobiotechnology” SNCO
Bank: Ardshininvest Bank CJSC (Bank for Industry, Construction and Investment,
Closed Joint-Stock Company)
Branch: Echmiadzin
Address: Nardosi Str. #1, Echmiadzin, Armavir Marz, Armenia
City and country: Echmiadzin, Republic of Armenia