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FAO and the Government of Georgia held an awareness-raising workshop about the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030. First Deputy Minister of Agriculture Nodar Kereselidze stressed the importance of food and agriculture in achieving the SDGs and highlighted the involvement of the ministry in the SDGs’s working processes. At the...

Strategy developed with EU and FAO support, aims to improve the quality of advising services for farmers in regions by upgrading existing consultation centres Up to 50 representatives of international donors, stakeholders and partners of the Ministry of Agriculture of Georgia gathered to discuss the draft National Strategy for Agricultural Extension...

First Deputy Minister of Agriculture Nodar Kereselidze, FAO’s Assistant Representative in Georgia, Mamuka Meskhi, and Head of Office of the donor organisation Austrian Development Agency, Gerhard Schaumberger visited swine farms and smoked ham production facilities built by FAO for farmers in Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti. FAO financed 60 beneficiaries to...

This year World Food Day was celebrated in over 150 countries, including Georgia. An event was organized by the FAO Representation in Georgia and the Ministry of Agriculture of Georgia. This year WFD was dedicated to the importance of food security and rural development in addressing the root causes of...

FAO experts conducted the training in Georgia on domestic support measures and rules of WTO Agreement on Agriculture. 30 specialists from Georgian Ministries of Agriculture, Foreign Affairs and Economic Development, who are actively involved in designing, implementing and analysing support policies and related programmes, attended the training. The Workshop, opened by...