CENS role: Project coordinator
Executor department: EGD, DB & FR CENS
Duration (Years): 2011 - 2012
Funding Source: State budget supported grant, State Committee of Science MES RA

The project goal was optimizing degraded pastures through regulation of nutrient balance and recovery of soil fertility. The project tasks covered identification of pasture degradation factors and causes, application of soil nutrients and fertilizers to mountain meadows and calculation of fertilizer dosage for expected harvest. The project results included elimination of nutrient balance deficiency through application of ecologically grounded doses of fertilizer, soil fertility recovery and improvement of productivity of mountain meadows.