The first snail breeding farm was established in Armenia – Panorama

Vahe, a director by occupation, has based a snail breeding farm in Byurakan for the snais imported from Europe. It’s the first in Armenia; particular circumstances have been created for the snails.

Vahe found the sphere accidentally, when he began researching the circumstances of breeding snails in Armenia by one among his buddies’ request.

First he failed; initially Vahe was inspecting the Armenian mountain snails, that was to not be bred. Lastly, following his spouse’s recommendation, he went to Greece, participated in trainings and discovered the specifics, strategies and methods of snail breeding.

At the moment, Vahe’s farm offers all the mandatory circumstances foe snails – wholesome meals, vital humidity… Every thing is customized. Two varieties of European snails stay within the farm.

The snail farm is on of the beneficiaries of “Agricultutral tourism improvement program” organized by Acba financial institution and Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU). Because of the offered grant, Vahe was in a position to construct a stand within the farm to welcome friends and make delicacies.

  “Surprisinlgy for me, I noticed that snail breeding is a really severe agricultural course which is in style in Europe and has reached Latin America. It is a course of European agriculture and is taken into account a farm for lazy folks; there si not a lot to do, your every day rhythm turns into “snail-like” gradual, by means of out and calm. I contemplate it as small cattle breeding famring, the smallest one. The stand helped to deliver me earnings. We welcome friends, arrange snail cooking grasp courses, tastings, and many others. This system by Acba Federation and NABU is absolutely vital for me. If there was no such factor, I might have earnings after the farm grew to become greater. This system helped me preserve the farm’, notes Vahe Hakhverdyan.

Vahe’s snail farm is a singular vacationer course, aslo within the area.

Acba Federation is the one vital participant of Acba Financial institution with 83.8 % stake within the financial institution’s shares. Because of its participation in Acba Financial institution, Acba Federation contributes to the event of agriculture, small and medium companies in rural areas, improvement of communities, revitalization and improvement of the enterprise surroundings in rural areas and communities, and the expansion of the well-being of each particular person finishing up enterprise actions in these areas.

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