FAO launches project to support Georgia's transition to climate-resilient agrifood sector
Georgian Minister of Environmental Protection Otar Shamugia and Raimund Jehle of the Food and Agriculture Organisation signed a new project today. Photo: FAO
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Georgian Minister of Environmental Protection Otar Shamugia and Raimund Jehle of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations on Thursday signed a new project to support the low-emission and climate resilient development of the country’s agriculture sector.
Funded by the Green Climate Fund and implemented by the FAO, the $500,000 project will run for over two years, the FAO Representation in Georgia announced.
The project will address policy gaps by developing an agriculture sector roadmap, policy recommendations, and financing action plan in consultation with key stakeholders, while recognising the importance of data collection and informed decision-making for increasing Georgia’s climate ambition”, the organisation added.
It also said the project aimed to support Georgia’s ambition to develop its agrifood system without the “predicted negative climate effects”.
“Growth of the agrifood sector is a priority for the Government of Georgia, however, that development is predicted to increase emissions by about 40 percent until 2030”, the FAO release said.
Georgia’s Economy Minister Levan Davitashvili on Tuesday noted the country’s “long tradition” in production of bacteriophages and its position on the world map of biotechnologies, after a Georgian-based biopharmaceutical company said it had completed a modernisation enabling it to make bacteriophages available for “millions of patients across the globe”.
The Food and Agriculture Organisation on Saturday held a “multi-stakeholder” event marking the closing of the European Union-financed €12 million project under the ENPARD III programme and showcased the achieved results to the participants in Tbilisi, the FAO said.
Tbilisi residents and visitors will be invited to taste Georgian cheese, meat products, honey wine, tea and other products by local producers at the Unique Georgian Taste agrarian market hosted in capital Tbilisi’s Dedaena Park this weekend.
The village of Sakobiano in north-eastern Georgia’s Pankisi Gorge will celebrate International Day of Rural Women on Thursday, with international organisations supporting a series of trainings and discussions in the locality.
The Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture of Georgia announced the winners of the “Clean Region” 2022 contest, which aims to promote public involvement in cleaning activities, the Ministry said on Saturday.
Protected natural areas across Georgia will benefit from a new 10-year deal between the country’s ministries of environment, culture and economy on the one side, and the United States Department of the Interior on the other, with the cooperation aimed at protecting the environment, safeguarding cultural and natural heritage and developing tourism.
Georgia has become a member of the Council of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation for two years for the first time, the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture said on Friday.