The 2012 ASHS Annual Conference

Dr. Funt has provided various advising and consulting services to Armenia since 2003. Teams have consisted of individuals from Utah, Arkansas, and Texas with the USDA Marketing Assistance Program, the ACDI/VOCA Water to Market Program and UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief) in community development. He has worked with growers and various NGO’s in Armenia to improve fruit and vegetable productivity by introducing new rootstocks and cultivars that are disease and drought resistant and possess long term storage capacity and quality. Improving libraries, providing fact sheets in English and Armenian, establishing soil and water testing laboratories, and developing demonstration sites on irrigation are among the many ways that assistance can provide for the future of Armenian agriculture.