Technical Needs Assessment Among Entrepreneurial Households and Micro-/Smallholder Farmers in the Agricultural Production and Processing Sector in Armenia

The German Sparkassenstiftung (German Savings Banks Foundation for International Cooperation, DSIK) was commissioned by the German Government to implement a regional program in the South Caucasus and Ukraine on promoting rural entrepreneurship and rural finance for sustainable micro and small enterprise development. The nationwide technical needs assessment was conducted in close cooperation with CIVITTA Armenia (EV Consulting).

This study is aimed at the technical needs assessment among entrepreneurial households and micro-/smallholder farmers in agricultural production and processing sector in Armenia. The aim of the study is to get deeper understanding of the key challenges that targeted people, within the selected agricultural value chains, experience in the long-run.