In September 2024, in Mtskheta and Gori, under the European Union (EU) and Sweden-funded European...
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Georgia Country Office, Food and Agriculture Organization of the the United Nations (FAO) and Liberty Bank initiated series of joint meetings in different regions of Georgia to increase awareness and empower rural women. The goal of the meetings is to increase awareness of rural women...
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), under the EU-funded European Neighborhood Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development (ENPARD III), announces a third cycle of Grant Competition to support agricultural initiatives in Georgia. The Application Review Committee is now reviewing applications submitted during the first grant cycle.
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Georgian female farmer introduces modern agricultural approaches and increases yields in Lagodekhi
04 August 2020
04 August 2020
Those who visit the Lagodekhi Municipality looking for a woman farmer whose family is engaged in various activities at the local level, would be definitely referred to Ludmila (Luda) Manuilova.
After visiting abandoned villages in Georgia with her spouse, Luda, a Tbilisi-born doctor, decided to start an agribusiness in Kakheti. Thus,...
The Kapanadze family quadruple eggplant yield in Kakheti
03 August 2020
03 August 2020
The Kapanadze family are actively involved in agriculture in Lagodekhi municipality, Kakheti. David and Valentina Kapanadze and their son Dato grow a variety of vegetables, including eggplant, cucumbers, tomatoes, bell peppers, and sweetcorn. In 2019, the family engaged in the EU programme to create demo plots together with agricultural experts...
Kakhetian farmer increases yields and saves costs by introducing innovative no-till technology
30 July 2020
30 July 2020
Giorgi Khosroshvili, a farmer from Dedoplitskaro municipality in Kakheti region of Georgia has been growing wheat, barley and corn for 15 years. Having substantial experience in agriculture Giorgi was among the first farmers to agree to try out the new, no-till* technology for wheat production offered by the EU and FAO...