A delegation of the Rural Development Agency of Georgia is on a working visit to the Kingdom of Spain. They are visiting the Kingdom of Spain under the framework of the “Modernization of Vocational Education in Georgian Agriculture (VET)” project.
It is to be specifically mentioned that within the framework of the visit, the director of the Rural Development Agency Davit Tsitlidze, together with the members of the delegation held meetings with different stakeholders. They also met with representatives of the State Agro-Insurance Agency of the Ministry of Agriculture of Spain as well as with companies and cooperatives working in different directions of agriculture.
During the visit the members of the delegation also got acquainted with the practice of using innovative and climate-friendly technologies in agriculture and the experience of leading cooperatives and associations. At the same time within the framework of the visit a meeting was held with Nato Chikovani, the Chargé d’affaires of the Embassy of Georgia in the Kingdom of Spain.
The UN Development Program “Modernization of Vocational Education Systems in Georgian Agriculture” project was also discussed during the working visit to the Kingdom of Spain. The project’s purpose is to promote the improvement of the quality of agricultural extension services which implies increasing the available information on innovative and climate-smart technologies and introducing digital extension services.
The Rural Development Agency of Georgia has been working for a long time to bring about dramatic change in agriculture. The agency in coordination with many other organizations is also executing projects in this direction. The visiting delegation received information about the Spanish model of modern agriculture which includes sustainable agricultural practices and the adoption of climate-resilient scientific techniques.
Notably in the present time due to the growing temperature and increasing threat of climate change the governments of different countries have been forced to work on the development of techniques necessary for the sustainable model of agriculture and its allied sectors.
