{"id":10886,"date":"2020-07-20T16:07:39","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T14:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/richel-group.fr\/?p=10886"},"modified":"2020-08-10T12:17:29","modified_gmt":"2020-08-10T10:17:29","slug":"greenfood-phase-2-our-project-in-armenia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richel-group.cn\/en\/greenfood-phase-2-our-project-in-armenia\/","title":{"rendered":"GreenFood phase 2, our project in Armenia"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cThree months after construction began, the greenhouse was already filled with plants\u201d<\/h1>\n
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In December 2019, GreenFood and Richel Group completed the second phase of a greenhouse complex for the cultivation of strawberries in Armenia. The first 3 hectares were finished and planted in 2017, and just two years later another 6 hectares were ready. With a total of 9 hectares of production area, GreenFood became the biggest greenhouse strawberry producer in the CIS countries.<\/p>\n

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First phase<\/strong>
\n\u201cWhen we started the first block, we knew it was just the beginning,\u201d says the director of the greenhouse, Mr Ignatosyan. \u201cThe financing of the first project had some delay, and it was quite a challenge to be on time with construction. In fact, we put the first post in September of 2017, and three months later the greenhouse was already filled with plants.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Second phase<\/strong>
\nIn 2018, together with Richel, the company carefully developed the schedule and technology for the second phase, taking into account the very specific climate conditions in Armenia. It\u2019s well known that strawberries don\u2019t like the hot period, and GreenFood is \u2018perfectly located\u2019 high in the mountains with the highest temperature in summer around 29 degrees Celsius.<\/p>\n

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Thanks to the greenhouse with a high volume and powerful ventilation capacity, in combination with shading paints, the perfect climate inside can be maintained, while having a lot of sun for a stable production, all year round. Dividing the project into three independent blocks made it possible to have different planting times and harvesting seasons.<\/p>\n

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Despite a very difficult season, this spring, the project grows and they can supply a high quality product. There are no issues with labour shortage, due to the fact that 99% of the workers are local. \u201cThis is one of the main advantages of protected, year-round cultivation, you create full-time, well paid working places, and have no more dependency on seasonal labourers.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Cooperation<\/strong>
\nGrigor Vardanyan, Managing Director of the company, is positive about the cooperation with Richel Group. \u201cWe\u2019re glad that the representative for the company is Armenian, so he knows the culture and the language. Richel has built other greenhouses here, we\u2019ve cooperated with some of those people too, and they were also positive.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe were very proud to be chosen a second time for the GreenFood project,\u201d says Brice Richel, the sales director of Richel Group. \u201cIt\u2019s one of Richel\u2019s keystones to have a long-term partnership with clients, and step forward together into the more sustainable horticultural production.\u201d Protected strawberry production is increasing all over the world, and the company wants to bring the latest technologies and know-how for clients.<\/p>\n

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Armenian market<\/strong>
\n\u201cWe mainly export to the Eurasian market and Russia, but we\u2019re also surveying other markets in the Middle East, Gulf States, UAE, Qatar. Small but rich markets,\u201d says Grigor. Russia is the main market, but the company is looking to diversify.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWith the COVID-19 crisis, we saw clearly the supply chains around the world, and how some of them could no longer exist. Countries are looking for new ways of supplying. As for us, we can\u2019t just stop the production and go self-isolate, so our harvest goes on. The harvest that isn\u2019t marketable, we make into eco jams which we sell on the Armenian market.\u201d<\/p>\n

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