On November 8-9, the ENPARD team at ISET-PI participated in the 'Interagency Conference about Three Years of Implementation of ENPARD – Cooperative Development Component'. The conference was organized by one of the ENPARD implementer consortiums led by People in Need, a non-governmental organization, at Akaki Tsereteli State University in Kutaisi.

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.

უხსოვარი დროიდან მთვარე ყველას ყურადღების ცენტრში იყო. ადამიანები თაყვანს სცემდნენ მნათობს და სწამდათ, რომ მას მისტიკური ძალა ჰქონდა. მთვარის მიმართ ინტერესი დღემდე არ განელებულა, ფსიქოლოგიური და ასტროლოგიური კვლევები დიდი ხანია სწავლობენ მთვარის გავლენას ადამიანის განწყობასა და ქცევაზე. რაოდენ გასაკვირიც არ უნდა იყოს, აქციის ამონაგებზე მთვარის ფაზების გავლენას მრავალი ეკონომიკური ნაშრომი ეძღვნება.

On October 20th, representatives of APRC presented the final results of its study on Livestock Farm-Enterprise Models in the Kakheti Region. The presentation was the final part of a study that started in June 2016, the goal of which was to show successful models with the potential to be replicated and to contribute to market-oriented production of cattle and pigs in the region.

Facilitating cooperation among Georgia’s smallholders is one of the main focuses of the ENPARD project, of which ISET is a (small) part. ENPARD has been active in Georgia since 2013, and its work has been extensive and its efforts invaluable. An evaluation effort coordinated by the ISET Policy Institute has uncovered some interesting facts and figures from the comparative analysis between 2014 and 2015.