Initiative on Soaring Food Prices (ISFP)/Armenia: Industry and infrastructure is still struggling in Armenia. With the collapse of the Soviet Union many factories as well as other regional programs an 

Initiative on Soaring Food Prices (ISFP)/Armenia: Industry and infrastructure is still struggling in Armenia. With the collapse of the Soviet Union many factories as well as other regional programs an 

ARMENIA 2008. Initiative on Soaring Food Prices (ISFP)/Armenia: Ganayane Nasoyan, 48, the FAO office manager in Yerevan. 

ARMENIA 2008. Initiative on Soaring Food Prices (ISFP)/Armenia: A shepherd with his animals in the mountains of South-Central Armenia. 

ARMENIA 2008. Initiative on Soaring Food Prices (ISFP)/Armenia: Khor Virap, an ancient monastery and major tourist destination. 

ARMENIA 2008. Initiative on Soaring Food Prices (ISFP)/Armenia: Khor Virap, an ancient monastery and major tourist destination. 

Initiative on Soaring Food Prices (ISFP)/Armenia: With food prices on the rise, many Armenians are cutting back on the consumption of meat, milk and bread.
A fruit stand in the central market in Yer 

Initiative on Soaring Food Prices (ISFP)/Armenia: Workers try to repair a 30 year old Soviet-made plowing tractor in the village of Chiva, in South-central Armenia. There's a great lack of agricultura 

Initiative on Soaring Food Prices (ISFP)/Armenia: With food prices on the rise, many Armenians are cutting back on the consumption of meat, milk and bread.
A bread stand in the central market in Yer 

ARMENIA 2008. Initiative on Soaring Food Prices (ISFP)/Armenia: A shepherd with his animals in the mountains of South-Central Armenia. 

Initiative on Soaring Food Prices (ISFP)/Armenia: With food prices on the rise, many Armenians are cutting back on the consumption of meat, milk and bread.
A dried fruit stand in the central market 

Young men contemplate a water and light show in 'Freedom Square' in Central Yerevan, one of the places that have seen renovation and investment in recent years. Industry and infrastructure are still s 

ARMENIA 2008. ISFP/Armenia: A street scene in Yerevan. Soviet monuments co-exist with brand new SUVs. 

Initiative on Soaring Food Prices (ISFP)/Armenia: Ashot Manukyan in front of his house in Chiva, South-central Armenia. He and his wife Maret have 6 children, ranging from 7-16 years. 2 others had die 

Initiative on Soaring Food Prices (ISFP)/Armenia: With food prices on the rise, many Armenians are cutting back on the consumption of meat, milk and bread. A woman sells pastirma, a traditional Armeni 

Initiative on Soaring Food Prices (ISFP)/Armenia: Spartak Ghazaryan shows last year's yield of wheat in the village of Chiva, South-central Armenia. He was a beneficiary of the FAO program this year, 

ARMENIA 2008. Initiative on Soaring Food Prices 

Initiative on Soaring Food Prices (ISFP)/Armenia: With food prices on the rise, many Armenians are cutting back on the consumption of meat, milk and bread. A vegetable stand in the central market in Y 

Initiative on Soaring Food Prices (ISFP)/Armenia: LLiova Harutunyan, 68, a former agronomist on a collective state farm during the Soviet period, now grows tomatoes, fruit and vegetables in Azatavan v 

Initiative on Soaring Food Prices (ISFP)/Armenia: Liova(68), a former agronomist on a collective state farm during the Soviet period, now grows tomatoes, fruit and vegetables with his wife, Sonic Haru