With EU financial and technical assistance, as well as training and education on cooperation and agribusiness, small farmers in Georgia are benefitting from economies of scale, cutting their production costs and increasing efficiency.

გთხოვთ, გაითვალისწინოთ, რომ აღნიშნული პოლიტიკის დოკუმენტი ხელმისაწვდომია მხოლოდ ინგლისურ ენაზე.

On the 18th of October, ISET Policy Institute together with its partner organizations: Georgian Farmers’ Association (GFA), Civil Development Agency (CiDA), Export Development Association (EDA), and Association Atinati presented a new project: Food and Agriculture SME Support Initiative (FASSI).

Dr. Tamar Khuntsaria of the European Union Studies Association and an Associate Professor of the University of Georgia visited ISET to talk to the institute’s students about relations between the European Union and Georgia, with a focus on trade and economic issues. Dr. Khuntsaria began by explaining the process through which the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area was signed between Georgia and the EU as part of the Association Agreement between the two. She described how the DCFTA removes customs tariffs and quotas, and liberalizes trade in goods and services over a broad spectrum of economic-related issues, including food safety, intellectual property rights and financial matters.

საქართველოში კოოპერატივების განვითარება 2013 წელს, ევროკავშირის მხარდაჭერით, ENPARD-ის პროექტით დაიწყო, რომლის მთავარი კომპონენტიც საქართველოში სასოფლო-სამეურნეო კოოპერატივების განვითარებაა.