On March 13 2015, ISET organized an agricultural trip to Chirina Ltd. located in the village of Martkopi and Animal Feed Producing Enterprise located in the village of Tsintskaro. ISET particularly organized this visit for the members of ISET faculty and graduate students from agricultural concentration to help them get familiar with the work of local Georgian Agricultural Enterprises.

ISETers first visited Chirina Ltd. in Martkopi, observed the facilities and the production process of the enterprise. Ms. Keti Vashakidze, the head of Department for Quality Management and Organizational Structure Development familiarized the guests with the history of the company, its achievements, mission and the process of production.

Chirina Ltd. produces well-known Biu-Biu chicken and is the largest poultry producer in the region of South Caucasus. The company is vertically integrated that allows it to control the quality at each stage of the production – starting from cultivating raw materials for feed till distributing and selling the poultry products.

After visit to Chirina Lt.d. ISETers headed to Gardabani Animal Feed Producing Enterprise in Tsintskaro to observe the enterprise facilities and production process. This is a family-based enterprise established with the help of Mercy Corps. As explained during the visit, in order to get the final product maize, corn, barley, bran and various other ingredients are mixed. According to the company representatives, demand of the product is increasingly growing that motivates its owners to expand the production rates.

The visit was very fruitful and interesting, especially for ISET students who had a great opportunity to get familiar with the actual production process.