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FAO Georgia newsletter, 1st semester 2024 – Issue #1

Year of publication 2024

Place of publication Tbilisi, Georgia ;

Pages 3

Author FAO;

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Newsletter

Series title Newsletters from the Decentralized Offices

Series number 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The newsletter is designed to showcase the main achievements for the first half of the year for FAO in Georgia to stakeholders, media and general public. Newsletters are issued twice a year. The issue covers the thirty-fourth session of the FAO Regional Conference for Europe, with Georgian delegates participating in a discussion on digitalization and One Country One Priority Product. Read more about the kickstart of the new “Sustainable Rural Development and Inclusive Agriculture” project; as well as the replication of Georgia-implemented NAITS in five other countries and World Food Day marked in Georgia with an online campaign.

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