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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), under the EU-funded European Neighborhood Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development (ENPARD III), announces a third cycle of Grant Competition to support agricultural initiatives in Georgia. The Application Review Committee is now reviewing applications submitted during the first grant cycle. Theobjectives...

Those who visit the Lagodekhi Municipality looking for a woman farmer whose family is engaged in various activities at the local level, would be definitely referred to Ludmila (Luda) Manuilova. After visiting abandoned villages in Georgia with her spouse, Luda, a Tbilisi-born doctor, decided to start an agribusiness in Kakheti. Thus,...

The Kapanadze family are actively involved in agriculture in Lagodekhi municipality, Kakheti. David and Valentina Kapanadze and their son Dato grow a variety of vegetables, including eggplant, cucumbers, tomatoes, bell peppers, and sweetcorn. In 2019, the family engaged in the EU programme to create demo plots together with agricultural experts...

Giorgi Khosroshvili, a farmer from Dedoplitskaro municipality in Kakheti region of Georgia has been growing wheat, barley and corn for 15 years. Having substantial experience in agriculture Giorgi was among the first farmers to agree to try out the new, no-till* technology for wheat production offered by the EU and FAO...

The latest edition of The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI 2020) was launched earlier this week. This year, the report includes a special focus on transforming food systems for affordable healthy diets. It analyses the cost and affordability of healthy diets around the world, by region and...