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Have you ever wondered how the famous Georgian chips Frixx travels to market counters? From local farmers, potatoes go to a storage facility run by Mziani Mosavali in a small village Savaneti, in Bolnisi Municipality where potatoes are stored with high standards. Then they are delivered to processing company Wellington that makes...

The region of Kakheti in Georgia is famous for its high-quality hazelnuts. Baia Saluqvadze and her husband, Levan Bolqvadze, took their first steps in the hazelnut business more than seven years ago and decided to explore the immense potential these delicious nuts have to offer. In 2019, they launched a new storage enterprise called...

Up to 700 farmers, agronomists and extension specialists participated in the Pruning Festival organized by EU and FAO, under the EU4Business programme. To increase the productivity and quality of fruit trees and grape vines, FAO experts, both local and international, answered the basic questions through field demonstrations - what to...

Georgia is getting ready for the UN Food Systems Summit, scheduled for September 2021. UN agencies, represented in Georgia, including FAO, support Georgian government in the preparation process for the summit. The Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia, Giorgi Khanishvili and the UN Resident Coordinator in Georgia,...

The development of the agricultural sector in Georgia is tightly linked to the competences of the agronomists in the country. Six young agronomy students and undergraduates from four Georgian regions were chosen under the EU-supported FAO project under ENPARD III, to join the paid internship programme and enhance their skills...