Constraints and Potential to the Development of Rural Non-Farm Activities in Armenia
Abstract
This report is organised as follows. The first section provides background information on the RNFE in Armenia. The second section summarises recent agricultural sector and macroeconomic developments in Armenia as they relate to the RNFE. The third section describes the sampled communities socio-economic structure, agricultural sector and natural resource base. Section 4 outlines our regional/community level analysis of the pattern of non-farm rural employment and income generating activities (IGAs) diversification in a transition economy context. Section 5 of the report is based on our social survey and focus group activities which analyse the main determinants of participation in the non-farm economy. The findings from section 5 are then discussed and elaborated upon in Section 6 of the report where data are presented on the activities of “successful” rural non- farm diversifiers – nonfarm enterprises – which is presented in the context of the rural economies of the surveyed marzes/ regions (Ararat, Gegharkounik and Syunik). Finally, the main findings of the report are placed in a national context and RNFE policy proposals and suggestions on strategic planning are advanced.
Citation
Davis, J.R.; Asatrian, P.; Kharatyan, H. Constraints and Potential to the Development of Rural Non-Farm Activities in Armenia. Natural Resources Institute, Chatham, UK (2002) 115 pp. [NRI Report No: 2683]
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