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NewsletterE-Newsletter from FAO in Georgia, Issue No.36, April 2018 2018
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No results found.The electronic newsletter from the FAO Representation in Georgia features the following articles: 1. Mikheil Sokhadze, the National Team leader of FAO’s project on National Animal Identification and Tracebility System (NAITS), discusses slaughterhouses and food safety. Since 2016, FAO has been assisting the National Food Agency of Georgia to implement National Animal Identification and Traceability System (NAITS), under which animals have been marked with ear tags and mandatory vaccination programmes have been conducted. 2. EU supports Agrarian Affairs Committee of the Parliament of Georgia in arranging meetings in Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region. The Agrarian Affairs Committee meeting led by Chairman Mr. Otar Danelia was held in Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region. The field visit was supported by European Union in a close partnership with FAO under European Neighborhood Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development (ENPARD). 3. FAO expert: Reducing food waste would improve global climate, local economy. As a FAO study revealed food waste at the household/consumer level is low in the poorest regions of the world (around 10 kg per capita annually), and significant in high-income coun-tries, where over 100 kg of food is lost or wast-ed per person every year. -
NewsletterE-Newsletter from FAO in Georgia, Issue No. 33, January 2018 2018
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No results found.The electronic newsletter from the FAO Representation in Georgia features the following articles: 1. Greater competitiveness of Georgian agriculture is the objective of a new, Euro 12 million project under the third phase of the EU-funded European Neighbourhood Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development (ENPARD), implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2. The two year Equal Access of IDPs to Economic Opportunities project was funded by the EU and implemented by FAO in cooperation with UN Women, and focused on developing livelihoods of the most vulnerable groups of IDPs, namely single parents with minors, households with members with disabilities, and households led by youths and the elderly. The project provided training and over GEL 4 million to help these families undertake investments in mechanization, orchards, vineyards, honey and dairy productions. In total, 830 IDP households across Georgia benefitted from the project. 3. FAO has pledged US$100 000 to help the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation develop and strengthen agrifood trade in the Black Sea region. An agreement to this effect was signed in December 2017 by FAO and the Permanent International Secretariat of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC). -
NewsletterE-Newsletter from FAO in Georgia, Issue No. 35, March 2018 2018
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No results found.The electronic newsletter from the FAO Representation in Georgia features the following articles: 1. EU representatives and Georgia’s Minister review EU-supported agriculture and rural development initiatives. EU-funded and supported agricultural and rural development programmes in Georgia, including wine sector reform initiated by FAO under the European Neighbourhood Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development (ENPARD), were the main topics of discussion during the high-profile meeting. 2.Dairy Congress kicks off next phase of EU-FAO-EBRD support to Georgian milk producers. The benefits of cooperation and opportunities for small and medium-sized dairy enterprises topped the agenda of the Second Caucasus Dairy Congress held in Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi. 3. UN Sustainable Development Goals workshop held at Geostat. FAO is holding a three-day seminar at Geostat on SDG indicators under FAO custodianship. 4. Georgia and Armenia meet to discuss veterinary medicine and public healthcare trans-border issues. A trans-border meeting was held to discuss issues related to veterinary medicine and public healthcare. 5. ENPARD stakeholders discuss future development of Local Action Groups in Georgia. FAO brought together the stake-holders and implementing partners of the Euro-pean Neighbourhood Programme for Agricul-ture and Rural Development (ENPARD) for the 16th ENPARD stakeholders’ meeting. 6. Tajik officials learn from Georgian peers in FAO study tour. Senior staff members of Tajikistan’s Ministry of Agriculture and its Statistics Agency visited Georgia to meet with representatives of the National Statistics Office and the Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture in Georgia.
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