On 25 April, Otar Shamugia, the Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia and...
Seed certification system presentation
26 October 2015
26 October 2015
Five seed producing companies have been awarded with the certificates for producing quality standard consistent seed materials.The Scientific-Research Centre of the Ministry of Agriculture together with FAO Representation in Georgia held the presentation of the Seed Certification System on October 6, 2015.The aforementioned system enhances seed production sector through controlled...
Three representatives of the Scientific-Research Centre (SRCA) of the Ministry of Agriculture of Georgia participated in the Regional Training Workshop on Variety Testing and Registration & Seed Quality Control and Certification, organized in Ankara, Turkey by FAO Subregional Office for Central Asia.Ketevan Bochorishvili, Mirian Chokheli and Ana Devidze from SRCA...
Farm registry pilot project in Racha Region
12 October 2015
12 October 2015
Up to 300 Georgian farmers have been registered in the computer-based software programme within the framework of a pilot farm registry system.Representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture of Georgia together with FAO Georgia experts spent one month in Racha region (Ambrolauri district) collecting and archiving information about the local farmers'...
FAO and partners discuss seed certification system
24 November 2014
24 November 2014
FAO Representation in Georgia, together with the Ministry of Agriculture and Scientific Research Centre organized a workshop on Seed Certification System in Georgia, with the participation of government agencies, international community and local organizations involved in formulation of seed certification system for the country.
The objective of the workshop was to...
Technical workshop on locust management
21 November 2014
21 November 2014
A technical workshop on Locusts in Caucasus and Central Asia (CCA), organised by FAO and its Representation in Georgia, is hosted in Tbilisi for the second time. This workshop is an activity within the framework of the Five-year programme to improve national and regional locust management in Caucasus and Central...