FAO launches a grant competition to support women in Georgia
New grant programme will fund labour-saving agricultural machinery and equipment for women living in the Ateni, Plevi, Tvishi and Sori communities of Georgia.
New grant programme will fund labour-saving agricultural machinery and equipment for women living in the Ateni, Plevi, Tvishi and Sori communities of Georgia. The initiative is part of the Agricultural and Rural Development project in Georgia supported by FAO and Austrian Development Cooperation (ADC).
The objective of the programme is to improve the quality of life for rural women by providing them with needed agricultural machinery or equipment with labour-saving potential at the land preparation/cultivation (e.g. planting and weeding), harvest, post-harvest and processing stages.
Eligibility to participate in the programme was given to the groups of single mothers, women living with three or more children under 18, women with disabilities and to those living with sick or disabled family members.