Georgia petitions Georgian wheat be included on UNESCO Safeguarding – Intangible Heritage List
Georgian Tsiteli (Red) Doli type of the Georgian wheat. Photo: Elkana - Organic Farming & Rural Tourism Network in Georgia.
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Georgia is petitioning for Georgian wheat to be put on the UNESCO Safeguarding – Intangible Heritage List. The application was signed at the Education Ministry today.
Georgian wheat is divided into 14 species and 188 varieties. Earlier, archaeological studies confirmed that it dates back 800 years.
The Georgian wheat has 800-year history. Photo: Elkana - Organic Farming & Rural Tourism Network in Georgia.
In September 2018 ‘Georgian Wheat Culture’ was classified as intangible cultural heritage and was registered in the state registry.
On March 25, 2019, Georgian wheat was granted national significance.
Starting in 2007 four Georgian elements were put on the UNESCO Intangible Heritage List:
- 2018: Chidaoba, wrestling in Georgia
- 2016: Living culture of three writing systems of the Georgian alphabet
- 2013: Ancient Georgian traditional Qvevri wine-making method
- 2008: Georgian polyphonic singing
Georgia joined the UNESCO 2003 Convention on Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2007.
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has proposed putting Georgian tolerance on the UNESCO intangible cultural heritage list at a meeting with UNESCO Secretary General Audrey Azoulay yesterday.
Georgia’s cultural heritage could soon be represented in the UNESCO World Heritage list with an expanded roster of monuments, as the country’s agencies are working to nominate five sites for the directory.
The art of traditional Georgian wrestling, a major element of the country’s national identity and history, has been inscribed on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list by a decision of the international body’s committee in Port Louis, Mauritius.
In December 2019, Georgia imported about 30,000 tonnes of wheat from the United States, announced the Georgian Wheat and Bread Producers Association earlier today.
The Georgian government has decided to subsidise high quality wheat flour to avoid increase in bread prices, said Agriculture Minister Levan Davitashvili earlier today.
A state subsidy will increase from 10 to 15 GEL per 50 kilograms of wheat flour in Georgia in order to avoid an increase in bread prices during the coronavirus pandemic in the country.
Georgia will partially replace Russian wheat with Kazakh grains as the Russian wheat export tax is doubled per tonne starting today, announces Executive Director of the Georgian Flour Producers Association Levan Silagava.
The price of bread has increased by 10 tetri in Georgia and chairman of the Georgian Bread Bakers Association Malkhaz Dolidze says the reason is the increase in the price of basic raw materials, flour and auxiliary materials.