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On December 29, 2015 APRC representatives attended a presentation of the strategy on Food Security (FS) prepared by the working group on food security chaired by the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) with the support of OXFAM.
The main goal of the meeting was to present recommendations on FS Strategy of Georgia. The document resented at the meeting addressed the main dimensions of FS particularly focusing on “Availability” and “Access” dimensions. It included recommendations to develop FS law or program, support of domestic food production with the aim of import substitution and the resolution of land utilization issues. The document also included section about strategy development and implementation. Coordination among local and foreign stakeholders involved in FS as well as issues related to statistics and human resources were also discussed the presentation.
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The UNDP conference on agricultural extension, which took place on December 7-9th, featured a 45-minutes presentation of the Social Policy Research Center (SPRC) of ISET-PI. Professor Florian Biermann, head of the center, discussed some preliminary findings of the project “Farmer Knowledge Needs in Georgia”.
The project team, consisting of Zurab Abramishvili, Florian Biermann, and Saba Devdariani, primarily aims to identify those knowledge gaps among Georgian farmers which are most relevant for productivity and profitability. This will be important information for policy makers who have to set priorities for Georgian agricultural extension efforts.
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