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The One Country One Priority Product (OCOP) Secretariat at FAO Headquarters and the FAO Country Office in Georgia are pleased to announce a webinar on the successful biocontrol of the European grapevine moth (Lobesia botrana) in Georgia, with the addition of related experiences in the field. Join us on Friday, 26...

Ana Chitishvili is a 27-year-old woman from Ateni village in the Shida Kartli region of Georgia. She is a beekeeper and owns a family business that produces natural honey. “My father was engaged in beekeping and this is how all started” Ana said.  She started working to expand the existing business...

The Frank Benton International Beekeeping Association, which unites 12 beekeeping farms, has joined the National Animal Identification-Registration and Traceability System (NAITS) of Georgia. The association signed a memorandum of understanding with the National Food Agency of Georgia which authorizes the Association to access the system and manage the identification and...

The misty mountains of Adjara overlook a quiet, green gorge in the tree-filled Khulo, where Zebur Iakobadze’s electric saws are buzzing as he cuts fir planks for his wooden beehives. Following in his ancestors’ footsteps, as a practising Muslim, Zebur proudly represents a religious minority group and keeps the beekeeping...

In February, when the streets of Sachkhere, Georgia are covered with snow and temperatures reach -2 degrees Celsius outside, 39-year-old Shorena Jambazishvili collects her plastic gloves, new syringes, some medicines and a smartphone and makes her way to the farm.