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: A shepherd with his animals in the mountains of South-Central Armenia. 

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

ISFP/Armenia: A defunct cattle breeding station in the village of Zoravan, where 16 families were each assisted with 150kg of seed for winter wheat through the FAO ISFP programme. The plant was operat 

ARMENIA 2008. ISFP/Armenia: Azat Khatryan, a cheesemaker and beneficiary of the ISFP programme, in front of one of the troughs at his dairy operation. He buys milk from 170 farms in the area. 

ARMENIA 2008. ISFP/Armenia: Azat Khatryan, a cheesemaker and beneficiary of the ISFP programme, in front of one of the troughs at his dairy operation. He buys milk from 170 farms in the area. 

ARMENIA 2008. ISFP/Armenia: Azat Khatryan, a cheesemaker and beneficiary of the ISFP programme, in front of one of the troughs at his dairy operation. He buys milk from 170 farms in the area. 

ARMENIA 2008. ISFP/Armenia: With food prices on the rise, many Armenians are cutting back on the consumption of meat, milk and bread.
A meat stand outside the central market in Yerevan. 

ARMENIA 2008. ISFP/Armenia: A view of the village of Kaputan, where 18 families were each assisted with 150kg of seed for winter wheat through the FAO ISFP programme. 

Initiative on Soaring Food Prices (ISFP)/Armenia: Spartak Ghazaryan closes his shed after showing last year's yield of wheat in the village of Chiva, South-central Armenia. He was a beneficiary of the 

ARMENIA 2008. ISFP/Armenia: A view of Martuny, a village where 33 families were each assisted with 150kg of seed for winter wheat through the FAO ISFP programme. 

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: 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 

ISFP/Armenia: A man on horseback drives his cows down the road outside of Martuny, a village where 33 families were each assisted with 150kg of seed for winter wheat through the FAO ISFP programme. 

ISFP/Armenia: With food prices on the rise, many Armenians are cutting back on the consumption of meat, milk and bread. A meat stand outside the central market in Yerevan sells pig's feet. 

Initiative on Soaring Food Prices (ISFP)/Armenia: Men with their cattle on the outskirts of Kaputan, a village of 1375 inhabitants near Yerevan that received aid from the FAO project. 18 beneficiaries 

ARMENIA 2008. ISFP/Armenia: A view from the village Getik, that has received assistance in the ISPF program of the FAO. 

ARMENIA 2008. ISFP/Armenia: A view of the village of Kaputan, where 18 families were each assisted with 150kg of seed for winter wheat through the FAO ISFP programme. 

ARMENIA 2008. 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 Yerevan.