The core objectives and functions of Plant Growing and Plant Protection Department are the following:
a) implementation of the state policy in the field of plant industry,
b) development of the drafts of the RA intergovernmental projects, RA laws, RA Government resolutions, orders of the RA Minister of Agriculture,
c) analyses of the situation in plant growing field, projections about crop production volumes,
d) development of the projects promoting entrepreneurship in plant industry and provision of support to fulfill such projects,
e) development and realization of seed industry and seed production targeted projects,
f) coordination of works for testing new varieties of agricultural plants, protection of selective achievements, development of investment projects, seed quality assessments,
j) seed certification,
h) development and realization of targeted seed protection projects,
i) coordination of the works exercise control over dangerous pests (rodents and grasshoppers) and forest pests,
j) development and realization of agrochemical monitoring programs, assessment and protection of the agricultural lands fertility,
k) support to the farming companies growing seeds and seedlings,
l) support to develop new major agricultural policy directions.
Head of the department: Rudik Nazaryan
Tel.: (+37411) 523 411
email: rudik.nazaryan@minagro.am
Head of The Land Farming and Seed-Breeding Development Division: Goharik Osipyan
Tel.: (+37411) 525 812
email: goharik.osipyan@minagro.am
Head of The Horticulture Development and Plant Protection Division: Karine Yesayan
Tel.: (+37411) 523 793
email: karine.yesayan@minagro.am
