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On July 1, 2015, the Stakeholders’ Forum on the Tea Sector took place in Kutaisi. This was a first event in a series of dialogues about agriculture and rural development in Georgia organized by the ISET Policy Institute in partnership with CARE International in the Caucasus, the Regional Development Association, and the Georgian Farmers Association.
The main goal of the forum was to clearly visualize the challenges and opportunities faced by the various sector actors involved, including input suppliers, farmers, cooperatives, processors, market intermediaries, consumers, and exporters with the overall goals of improving productivity in the sector, connecting farmers with new business opportunities, exploring new export markets, and developing and managing Georgian tea brands.

On Wednesday, July 1st, the European Neighbourhood Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development (ENPARD) and its implementing partners, ISET-PI, CARE International in the Caucasus, RDA, and GFA, will host the first Stakeholders’ Forum on the Tea Sector. The forum will take place in Kutaisi, at Bagrati Hotel, from 14:00 till 18:00

The forum will be attended by the Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Gocha Tsopurashvili, as well as by the high officials from the Delegation of the European Union to Georgia, Agricultural Cooperatives Development Agency, Georgian Farmers Association, Tea Producers’ Association, and representatives from the private sector.

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