ISET Presentation at the UNDP Conference on Agricultural Extension
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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.
APRC Trout Forum in Kutaisi
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Aiming to contextualize the challenges and opportunities faced by Georgian trout farmers, the ISET Policy Institute, in cooperation with CARE international and the Georgian Farmers Association (GFA) organized a trout sector stakeholders’ forum in Kutaisi on December 4th, 2015. The forum focused on the industry’s dynamics regarding input suppliers, farmers, cooperatives, market intermediaries, consumers, and exporters with the overall goals of improving productivity in the sector, connecting farmers with new business opportunities (by product and market diversification), exploring export markets, and developing and managing the Georgian trout sector.
Attending the forum were representatives of international and domestic agricultural organizations, the ministry of Agriculture’s regional information and consulting centers, local government officials, and several stakeholders from the private sector.
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