In Armenia's agricultural sector, women take on a more prominent role than men. During the hot summer months, women’s work groups move from region to region, laboring in vast fields from dawn. Their work not only supports their families but also sustains the country’s agricultural resilience.
On December 5, 2021, Armenia will be holding the most important municipal election in its 30 years since independence. This municipal race, and the two previous ones earlier in the autumn, serve as a kind of second round to provide greater insight into Armenia’s ever-changing political landscape.
Christian Armenian lore traces the origins of harissa to Gregory the Illuminator, who converted King Tiridates III to Christianity at the beginning of the 4th century. Hranoush Dermoyan traces the history of this traditional Armenian dish.
When Armenia declared independence in 1991, there was still a large contingent of Soviet troops in the country. Russian military presence, however, stretches back to the early 19th century and now, after the 2020 Artsakh War, is expanding.
From animal husbandry to crop varieties to land fragmentation resulting from the abolition of Soviet collectivized farms following independence, an overview of Armenia’s agricultural sector.
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