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FAO Georgia E-newsletter 27

Year of publication 2017

Pages 3p.

Author sophio.altunashvili@fao.org

Publisher FAO ;

Category Newsletter

Series title Newsletters from the Decentralized Offices

Series number 27

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The electronic newsletter from the FAO Representation in Georgia features the following articles: 1.Austria’s Foreign Affairs Ministry official Dr.Donatus Köck, Head of the Office of the Austrian Development Agency Gerhard Schaumberger, Deputy Minister of Agriculture Revaz Asatiani and Assistant FAO Representavive in Georgia Mamuka Meskhi visited the Tsalka Municipality to inspect the touristic infrastructure established under the FAO project entitled “Capacity Development of Agriculture of Geor gia.” 2.Exchanging experience and information on food loss and waste reduction in Georgia was the main objective of the stakeholders’ consultation workshop held on 24 May 2017 in Tbilisi. The workshop was organized by the European Union (EU) and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) within the European Neighbourhood Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development (ENPARD). 3.A high-level delegation from Georgia, led by deputy minister of agriculture Revaz Asatiani, was on an agricultural study tour in Hungary. Part of the programme was getting a first-hand experience on FAO’s work, in particular on food waste.

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