ARID Center In 2000, a major new project initiative, Goat Industry Development Project, was launched. The goat project involves the dairy goat husbandry and goat cheese industry in southern Armenia. The focus of this effort is the new "ARID Goat Center" (ARmenian Improved Dairy Goat Center), located in regional capital of Yeghegnadzor. The Center's goal is to increase dairy goat lactation in the Vayots Dzor Region, and later in other regions of Armenia, by 100 liters/goat/year. This increased milk supply will increase new goat cheese products for which there is a demonstrated export potential. Also, MAP has in place a new breeding program using both imported semen and fresh semen collected from purebred goats brought to Armenia from the U.S. You may go directly to the photo that you wish to see using the pull-down menu:        Select a photo from below Map of Armenia Armenian landscape Armenian Orthodox Churchs USDA Marketing Assistance Project ARID Center ARID Center #2 Imported Dairy Goats Native does Crossbred kids ARID Center milking parlor ARID professional staff Goghtanik Dairy Goat Cooperative Buried Goat Cheese Goghtanik's chief cheesemaker Goghtanik's cheese vats Goghtanik's cheese molds Cheese in brine solution Draining the cheese Grating the cheese Draining the cheese in pots Burying the cheese Goghtanik's milking barn under construction Goghtanik's milking barn under construction #2 Gather goats for milking Milking goats Farmstead cheese Lice control Cave as a goat barn Fundementals of Linear Appraisal

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