The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), with the support of the European Union and Sweden under ENPARD IV, has relaunched a matching grant scheme to help small and medium-sized hazelnut producers in Georgia strengthen food safety practices...

On 20 April 2026, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) co-chaired the inaugural meeting of the Government of Georgia and the United Nations (UN) Country Team Result Group 1, focusing on Inclusive Growth, Green Transition, and Climate Resilience.

Rural communities have always found ways to adapt. Through a changing climate, shifting markets and demographic transitions, generations of farmers have persisted through hard work. And today, smallholder farmers, honey producers and mountain shepherds from ten rural communities across Europe and Central Asia are gradually adopting new tools that support their resilience: digital technologies. From simple battery-powered devices to complex sensor networks, from social media pages to advisory platforms powered by artificial intelligence (AI), these tools are helping solve everyday challenges.

In Georgia, the livestock sector accounts for about 50% of the agricultural GDP. Traditional livestock farmers and smallholders dominate. The number of small ruminants is roughly estimated to be around 1 million. Mutton and live small ruminants are one of the main agricultural export potentials of Georgia, which is regularly among the main top ten agricultural exports.

Over 100 small and medium-scale producers from Georgia’s hazelnut sector strengthened their capacities in integrated orchard management through a targeted training programme implemented in Zugdidi and Telavi. Knowledge-sharing meetings were organised as part of the ongoing partnership between ...

On 18-19 March the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) convened consultation meetings with representatives from various Georgian government ministries and international development partners to discuss its Country Programming Framework (CPF) for 2026–2030.

International Women’s Day was marked at the Zugdidi Technopark, bringing together 30 women dairy farmers from the Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region. 

Ateni, Ghvlevi, Maradisi, and Dioknisi are the villages that have been awarded recognition certificates under the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Villages Recognition Initiative! More than 300 villages from 69 countries across all regions of the world participated in the initiative.

 The cycle continues the targeted support, helping women boost competitiveness and contribute to safer, higher-quality food for consumers.

With the aim to integrate aquaculture modules in the NAITS and FMS, strengthen national capacity for digital monitoring and management of aquaculture production and support data-driven policy and regulatory decision-making in the aquaculture sector, from 26 January to 6 February FAO in Georgia hosted FAO International Aquaculture Specialist, Dr. Ruth Garcia, who specializes in Aquaculture Science, with the hands-on experience in the fields of aquaculture production, aquatic animal health, aquatic biosecurity and aquatic genetic resources management.

The CPF is FAO’s main strategic instrument in Georgia and defines how FAO will support national priorities and contribute to shared development objectives. 

While Georgia has made a strong commitment to protecting women’s equal right to land ownership, everyday realities often tell a different story. Sopo’s experience reflects a wider pattern highlighted in the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Country Gender Assessment...

The results achieved within the project provide an important foundation for Georgia to support Georgia in fulfilling its international climate change obligations and strengthen the sustainability and resilience for the agrarian sector.

Living amidst grapevines that have been around since the time of his ancestors, it is no wonder Givi Chubinidze became convinced to follow in their footsteps. 

On 25 April, Raimund Jehle, FAO Regional Programme Leader for Europe and Central Asia and FAO Representative in Georgia welcomed a delegation from Georgia, led by Nino Tandilashvili, First Deputy...

As part of a regional initiative to improve animal health, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is implementing a project on ruminant biosecurity in the Black...

A group of municipality representatives from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Georgia visited Mafra, a Portuguese municipality, last week to learn more from its example on localizing the Sustainable Development Goals...

It is the green pruning season for grapevines in Georgia, and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) continued its support to Georgian viticulturalists in the adoption...

In April and May 2025, the municipalities of Khashuri and Poti hosted workshops aimed at transforming food systems and managing food waste, under the Joint Programme “Strengthening Sustainable Development Goals...

Growing urbanization is placing unprecedented pressure on municipal waste management systems. With cities set to house two-thirds of the global population by 2050, they are becoming the epicentres of a...