The Ministry of Agriculture Minister: David Lokyan 3, governmental building, Republic Square, 375010, Yerevan, the Republic of Armenia Tel: +(374 10) 52 4641, 52 2636; Fax: +(374 10) 52 3793 URL: http://www.minagro.am The Ministry of Nature Protection Minister: Vardan Ayvazyan 3, governmental building, Republic Square, 375010, Yerevan, the Republic of Armenia Tel: (374 10) 521099; Fax: (374 10) 533372 E-mail: minister@mnpiac.am URL: www.nature.am/Ministry_NP/MinNP.htm

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National Academy of Sciences
Founded:5 November 1943 on the basis of the USSR Academy of Sciences' Armenian Branch, organized in 1935
President: Academician Fadey Sargsian (since 1993)
24, Baghramian avenue, 375019, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia
Tel:+(374 10) 52 4750
E-mail:academy@sci.am
URL: www.sci.am

Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Founded: 1945
President: Sergey Ghazaryan
24, Baghramian avenue, 375019, Yerevan, the Republic of Armenia
Tel:+(374 10) 23 2433

Laboratory of Cultivated Plants and Their Wild Relatives Genepool within Armenian Agrarian University
Under the authority of the Ministry of Science and Education
Founded:1989
Head: Michail Gulkhasyan
74 Teryan Str., 375009 Yerevan, the Republic of Armenia
Tel: +(374 10) 58-0065
E-mail: pgrlab@netsys.am
Activities: conservation and research of wild relatives of cereal and legumes; breeding
Ex situ collections: wild relatives of crops is more than 3 500 accessions
Herbarium: 350 accessions

Institute of Botany, Botanical Gardens
Under the authority of Academy of Sciences
Founded: 1939
Head: Zhirayr Vardanyan
1 Acharyan str., 375063, Yerevan, the Republic of Armenia
Tel:(+374 10) 61-4440
Activities:Flora of Armenia: systematic, geobotany and plant genetics; industrially valuable plant species of Armenia (medicinal, edible, technical, and fodder species); Protection and recreation of Armenian and world plant biodiversity (gene pool) in Botanical Gardens of Armenia; Investigation and protection of the flora of Armenia; conservation of rare and endemic flora species of Armenia in ex situ conditions; greenery planting in urban areas, settlements and industrial plants; Conservation and reproduction of alpine forest ecosystems in Armenia; rehabilitation of specific diversity of forests; Peculiarities of silviculture of the Sevan basin and ways for its improvement; conservation and rehabilitation of elite plant species in Yerevan Botanic Garden; participation in creation of specially protected areas; projects to combat desertification.

Scientific Center of Agronomy and Plant Protection
Under the authority of the Ministry of Agriculture
Founded:1926
Head: Hrachya Hovsepyan
1, Issi-le-Moulino, 378310, Echmiadzin region, Armavir marz, the Republic of Armenia
Tel: +(374 31) 53-450
E-mail: agronomist@siuny.am
Activities: Breeding, improvement of traditional and eloborations of new technologies of plant protection, biotechnology, ento-mology, plant pathology, biochemistry, biophysics

Scientific Center of Vegetables and Industrial Crops
Under the authority of the Ministry of Agriculture
Founded: 1949
Head: Galust Aslanyan
378372 Darakert, Masis region, Ararat marz, the Republic of Armenia
Tel: +(374 36) 40892
Activities: Breeding, biotechnology, genetic recourses research, plant pathology, biochemistry

Scientific Center of Viticulture, Fruit Growing and Winemaking
Under the authority of the Ministry of Agriculture
Founded: 1927
Head: Firdusi Harutyunyan
Merdzavan, Echmiadzin region, Armavir marz, the Republic of Armenia
Activities: Breeding, grape and fruits processing and conservation, technologies of wine and brandy production , microbiology
In vitro collection of potatoes and exotic flowers

Scientific Center of Agrochemistry and Soils Sciences
Under the authority of the Ministry of Agriculture
Head: Hunan Ghazaryan
Admiral Isakov avenue, Yerevan, the Republic of Armenia
Tel: (+374 10) 77 8890, 772955, 271702
Ex situ collection of grapevine (landraces and breeding varieties)

Scientific Center of Agrobiotechnology
 Under the authority of the Ministry of Agriculture
 
Gyumri Breeding Station
Under the authority of the Ministry of Agriculture
Founded: 1956
Head: Ruben Karakhanyan