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 Armenia .

Rural Internships: Students and Community Build Sustainable Food Systems

Co-creating sustainable food business models in Armenia

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Food security is a critical issue in landlocked Armenia. Taking steps to prevent food loss and make food systems more efficient will not only increase the economic stability of Armenian farmers, it will also enhance nutritional diversity in local areas. 

To help, this project has young agricultural and food specialists working with rural Armenian communities to mitigate food loss, build robust food markets, and promote healthy lifestyles. Specifically, university students, along with government authorities and academic institutions, are drafting innovative solutions aimed at updating the country’s irrigation and farming infrastructure. In doing so, the project will provide the know-how needed to implement sustainable food systems, business models, and lifestyles across Armenia.  

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Armenian Women for Health and Healthy Environment (AWHHE)

Armenian Women for Health and Healthy Environment (AWHHE) is a non – governmental organisation (NGO) and a national network of focal points working for sustainable development, protection of human health and the environment and poverty reduction in close partnership with international environmental and health networks.

Founded in 1999, the mission of AWHHE is to explore the issues of environment pollution and climate change in Armenia, to advocate the human right to live in a healthy environment, to promote the reduction of health risks from environmental pollution and hazards, to promote climate adaptation and mitigation, as well healthy lifestyle focusing especially on children and women.

 

Energy Research Centre, Universidad de Chile 

The Universidad de Chile is an autonomous, public, national institution. It is the oldest and most important university in the country and one of the most prestigious in South America. In the past 162 years, its professors and alumni have developed the laws, the institutions and the social, political, economic, artistic and cultural frame of Chile, and have been a strong influence in other Latin American countries.

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