FAO Representation
Georgia
Projects
National TCP Projects
FAO national TCP projects focus on strengthening the capacity of various departments of the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Environment Protection and Natural Resources and the Ministry of Economic Development.
Regional TCP Projects
FAO TCP projects also cover the areas of regional concern - food safety, animal health and plant protection - as follows:
- Transboundary animal diseases control and surveillance
- Food safety capacity building
- Locust control
Emergency TCP Projects
Emergency projects for the provision of agricultural inputs to locust-, drought-, flood- and landslide-affected farming households were implemented in Georgia in 1998, 2001, 2002 and 2005.
An emergency TCP project for control and surveillance of African Swine Fever in Georgia is on-going.
Donor-funded Projects
Following the August 2008 military conflict in Georgia, FAO emergency activities include the provision of various agricultural inputs to conflict affected farming households and IDPs aimed at improving rural livelihoods in the Shida Kartli region. These projects are funded by Governments of the USA and Italy.
In addition, FAO implements EC-funded programme for Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) surveillance and control in the buffer zones of the country.