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FAO has named agricultural economist and senior manager Raimund Jehle as its new Deputy Regional Representative for Europe and Central Asia. A national of Germany, Jehle has served the Organization in progressively responsible positions since joining as a policy officer at headquarters in Rome in 1999. In 2007 he was appointed to...

A vision of rural development in Georgia was unveiled for public discussion at a recent international conference in Tbilisi. The conference was organized by Georgia’s Ministry of Agriculture and FAO, as part of the European Union’s European Neighborhood Partnership Agriculture and Rural Development (ENPARD) programme funded by the European Union and...

10 food inspectors and 13 fish industry representatives were trained to control and maintain good hygiene conditions while landing and processing marine fish - Black Sea anchovies. The activity was carried out by FAO-Georgia to move forward the food safety standards to meet EU requirements.Georgia has considerable marine fisheries resources,...

The message to lawmakers, employees and visitors to the European Parliament last week was loud and clear: “We Depend on Soils.”

The Ministry of Agriculture of Georgia (MOA) and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), with support of European Union and Austrian Development Cooperation (ADC) have joined efforts to boost rural development in Georgia. The main guidelines of the strategy will be developed by the end of 2015,...