The Land Use and Melioration Department performs the following functions from the activities defined by the RA Ministry of Agriculture:
- Raising efficiency (improvement) of using RA agricultural lands and melioration,
- Development of activities for irrigation projects, as well as activities for preventing and eliminating harmful effect of the river waters and monitoring of such projects.
The Department develops activities directed at improvement of agricultural lands use efficiency studying in advance and revealing the reasons of not using such lands, as well as works out and submits proposals for desalination and reclaiming of Ararat valley secondary saline soils and alkalized plots, improvement of irrigation efficiency by applying new technologies.
The Department adjusts annul anti-storm priority activities and develops technical specifications for design and cost estimation documents. The Department cooperates with “Agricultural Projects Implementation Unit” state enterprise for pursuing water front protection activities, prepares opinions about envisaged changes in the temporary land schemes, proposals for development of general plans for settlements, as well as other documents pertaining to land relations, participates in the works of several inter-institutional commissions and task forces.
Head of the department: Artur Baghdasaryan
Tel.: (+37411) 297 435
email: artur.baghdasaryan@minagro.am
Head of The Land Use Division: Gevorg Ohanyan
Tel.: (+37411) 297 433
email: gevorg.ohanyan@minagro.am
Head of The Melioration Division: Davit Mejlumyan
Tel.: (+37411) 297 433
email: davit.mejlumyan@minagro.am
