USAID offers $3.5m to help Georgia combat stink bug infestation
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The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is helping Georgia combat the country’s stink bug infestation problem by offering $3.5 million.
Furthermore, the USAID will purchase equipment and supplies such as traps, lures, tractors and sprayers for Georgia’s Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between USAID’s Assistant Administrator Brock Bierman and Georgia’s Minister of Environment Protection and Agriculture Levan Davitashvili was signed on March 5.
@usaid is strengthening its partnership with Georgia by committing $3.5 million of assistance to @agricultureGEO. @BBiermanUSAID signed an MOU pledging our support to help combat the #stinkbug in #Georgia with new supplies such as tractors, sprayers and traps #USAIDTransformspic.twitter.com/i8e2OGepbS
— USAID Georgia (@USAIDGeorgia) March 6, 2018
The brown marmorated stink bug, which damages crops, is widespread in Georgia and a real nuisance to Georgian farmers.
The pest was first reported in Georgia in 2015.
In 2016, the bugs destroyed a significant portion of the hazelnut harvest in West Georgia. 2017 was even more devastation and struck a wider area.
The Government of Georgia has already come up with a strategy to combat the brown marmorated stink bug problem for this year, which includes four main directions: an information campaign, the implementation of a monitoring system, stink bug control measures and scientific research.
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is launching a new three-year energy program in Georgia to support the development of energy market in the country. The $7.5 million energy program aims to contribute to the development of commercial electricity opportunities in Georgia.
The United States (US) will assist Georgia with an additional $20 million, announces Georgia’s Ministry of Finance.
Georgia has signed three grant agreements with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to boost developments of various sectors.
An illegal dumpsite in a mountainous resort in Georgia’s western Adjara region has been cleaned of garbage and is now being transformed into a recreational area.
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is helping Georgia combat the country’s stink bug infestation problem by handing over 17 tractors to the Georgian National Food Agency in Abasha, in Georgia’s Samegrelo region.
Prime Minister of Georgia Mamuka Bakhtadze has held meetings with USAID Administrator Mark Green and the vice president and foreign policy experts of the American Enterprise Institute yesterday.
Georgia will continue combating the stink bug infestation in 2019, announces the government of Georgia.
Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze has tasked Agriculture Minister Levan Davitashvili today with solving the country’s stink bug problem and issues with agricultural funguses; two of the major challenges facing the Georgian hazelnut sector.
Traps will be installed in western Georgia to combat the stink bug infestation problem, announces the National Food Agency of Georgia.
Specialists from Australia and New Zealand have visited Georgia to learn from its successful experience in combating stink bugs.