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FAO Georgia Newsletter, March 2019 - Issue #4

Year of publication 2019

Place of publication Tbilisi, Georgia ;

Pages 6

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Newsletter

Series title Newsletters from the Decentralized Offices

Series number 44

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The electronic newsletter from the FAO Representation in Georgia features the following articles: 1. The implementing partners of the EU-supported European Neighbourhood Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development (ENPARD) marked the 20th ENPARD stakeholders’ meeting by highlighting the main achievements since the launch of the programme in 2013. 2. FAO and the Center for Agribusiness and Rural Development (CARD) organized a Business to Business (B2B) event today in Tbilisi which focused on enhancing market linkages in the dairy sectors of Armenia and Georgia. 3. More than 200 commercial dairy farmers, processors, equipment suppliers, industry experts, and government representatives met in Tbilisi for Georgia’s annual dairy congress. 4. FAO conducted training-of-trainers on locust management for 20 master-trainers from Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and the Russian Federation. 5. Fruits and Berries of Georgia: Efficiency of Production and Marketing convened local producers in Tbilisi. The conference was organized by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and FAO and supported by the European Union and Georgia’s Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture.

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