MARKETING ASSISTANCE PROJECT in ARMENIA

  The Marketing Assistance Project (MAP) is an agribusinness development project in  Armenia managed by the U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). MAP was established in 1996 to assist farmers and agribusinesses in producing, marketing and exporting food and related products to increase incomes, crate jobs, and raise the standard of living for rural Armenians. Funding for MAP comes from Freedom Support Act  appropriations which are transferred to the USDA, Office of International Programms.
   MAP provides technical, financial and marketing assitance to over 50 small and medium-sized agribusinesses throughout Armenia. MAP's clients include wineries, fruit and vegetable processors, cheese makers, water bottlers, livestock breedrs, seed and feed producers, and other agribusinesses.