FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia

Potential brewing for Azerbaijani and Georgian tea industries

Hybrid Event, 20/05/2021

On the occasion of International Tea Day (21 May), FAO, together with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is organizing a high-level webinar to celebrate the tea industries of Azerbaijan and Georgia.

The event will present the opportunities and challenges of the sector, summarized in a sector review that was jointly conducted by FAO and EBRD, which will be launched during the event.

Join the discussion on 20 May, 12:00-15:00 p.m. (CEST)

 Speakers:

  • Vladimir Rakhmanin, FAO Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative
  • Wojtek Boniaszczuk, EBRD Regional Head of Agrobusiness 
  • Inam Karimov, Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Levan Davitashvili, Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia