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Deadline for applications for the 2023-24 programme: 28 February 2023 Applications are now being accepted by the FAO-Hungarian Government Scholarship Programme. Two scholarships are available for two-year post-graduate study in fields such as biotechnology or water management for promising students from developing and middle-income countries. Now in its fifteenth consecutive year, the Hungary-sponsored FAO...

In 2022,The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, through the support of the European Union, under its EU4Business initiative, implemented a Mating Disruption Programme, bringing an innovative agricultural practice to the country. The European Grapevine Moth - Lobesia botrana, is responsible for severe losses in grape production in...

From October to December 2022, 24 Farmer Field Schools (FFS), which united more than 330 smallholder women farmers, were formed in 21 villages of the Adigeni Municipality by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, through the support of the European Union, under its ENPARD Programme. Within the...

The Georgian biopharmaceutical company BioChimPharm (BCP) has completed the process of modernization of its historic Bacteriophage (Phage) manufacturing factory. A 2-year investment project worth GEL 17.5 million (€ 6,000,000) has been implemented with the support of the EU, the EBRD, FAO and the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of...

The sixth Unique Georgian Taste agro-market was held on 17-18 December, bringing the Holiday season spirit to Dedaena park. Farmers from all of Georgia’s regions presented and sold their uniquely Georgian agrarian goods. New Year-themed activities, as well as nationally celebrated and undiscovered snacks and drinks, were available for visitors...