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The National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) has released the results of the 2014 Agricultural Census. The Census was conducted in line with the World Programme for the Census of Agriculture (2006-2015) recommended by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Statistics experts from FAO and the US...

FAO Representative in Georgia Raimund Jehle and Assistant Representative Mamuka Meskhi met Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister David Jalagania.   After Raimund Jehle presented his credentials to the Deputy Minister, the discussion that followed focused on the implementation of the FAO projects in Georgia and on the prospects of further co-operation...

Deputy Minister of Agriculture Levan Davitashvili attended the 30th FAO Regional Conference for Europe in Antalya. Turkey hosted delegations from FAO member countries from Europe and the Central Asia region, as well as observer countries and United Nations agencies. During the Regional Conference, Davitashvili met with FAO Director-General Jose Graziano da...

To illustrate the different kinds of technical assistance provided by FAO under the European Neighbourhood Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development (ENPARD) in Georgia, FAO and the European Union Delegation in Georgia organized a joint conference in Brussels DEVCO Infopoint. Mr. Mathieu Bousquet, head of unit in DG NEAR, introduced the...

Up to 208 tonnes of outdated pesticides (substances used for destroying insects or other organisms harmful to cultivated plants) collected on Georgian territory are being transported from a temporary storage facility to France for final incineration.   Such hazardous and obsolete chemicals have been stored in Georgia and other post-Soviet countries since...