Women working in the agricultural sector of Georgia have limited access to important resources such as land, agricultural inputs, new technologies and financing opportunities, as well as information, extension services and training opportunities. According to recent state data, only 23% of the recipients of state agricultural extension services were female. To help rural women improve agricultural knowledge, […]
The Kviratskhovloba Convent was established in 2018 in the village of Mirzaani, 22 km from Dedoplistskaro. There are only four nuns in the convent at the moment, who have opened a sewing workshop, where local girls and women can learn the skills. The interest among locals was so high that shortly after the opening there were […]
To bring transformative solutions to agriculture in response to the Covid-19 crisis and to build resilience of farmers that may be affected by the current state of emergency in the country, the European Union (EU), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia (MEPA) […]
28 years old young woman runs the beekeeping cooperative in the remote area of Georgia, called Tsakla Municipality Manana Bolkvadze, 28 years old young beekeeper, fled from Adjara region in late 1990ies. The avalanche that has taken away her family`s property and devastated the village, brought Manana to the title of eco-migrant as well as […]