On October 28 and 29, CARE International in the Caucasus carried out its Direct Beneficiary Survey of ENPARD-funded cooperatives in the regions of Guria, Samgerelo, and Racha-Lechkhumi & Kvemo Svaneti.
A total of 117 producers of cereal, potatoes, honey, fruits, vegetables and other agricultural products answered questions regarding their socio-economic situation, how it has changed since the cooperative started, and what are their expectations for the future. Substantial amounts of data on harvests, livestock, and primary production volumes, as well as demographic information on farmers (e.g. gender, education, health, etc.) were collected.
ISET's prominence in the agricultural development sector has been displayed once again with the institute's participation in a meeting led by the Georgian Alliance on Agriculture and Rural Development (GAARD) on October 26 at Tbilisi's Courtyard Marriott hotel. Led by Oxfam, GAARD is one of four ENPARD implementing consortia. Representatives of GAARD attended the meeting, along with three ENPARD implementing consortia (CARE, People in Need (PIN), Mercy Corps), ACDA, and ISET-PI's Agricultural Policy Research Center (APRC).
During the meeting, based on the ENPARD supported cooperatives’ Monitoring and Evaluation Survey Data, Irakli Kochlamazashvili of APRC/ISET delivered a presentation on: