General Meeting of Georgian Academy of Agricultural Sciences
On March 27, 2026, General Meeting of Georgian Academy of Agricultural Sciences was held, chaired by the President of the Academy, Academician Givi Japaridze. The participants listened presentations on the following issues: 1. Scientific activities carried out by Georgian Academy of Agricultural Sciences in 2025, and the planned activities for 2026. Speakers: President of the Academy, Academician Givi Japaridze; Head of the Academic Department of the Academy, Academician Marine Barvenashvili. 2. Scientific activities carried out by the departments of the Academy in 2025 and the tasks for 2026. Speakers: Academician-Secretaries of the departments of the Academy: Academician Gogola Margvelashvili; Academician Tengiz Kurashvili; Academician Revaz Makharoblidze; Academician Zurab Tskitishvili; Academician Lasha Dolidze, and Academician Revaz Asatiani.
The participants heard important information on the implementation of the 2025 budget of Georgian Academy of Agricultural Sciences and the parameters of the 2026 budget. Speakers: Deputy President of Georgian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Academician Anatoly Giorgadze, Chief Accountant of the Academy Eteri Kurashvili spoke about current issues.
President of the Academy, Academician Givi Japaridze shared with the meeting participants information about some expected changes in the composition of the Presidium of the Academy.
The members of General Meeting of the Academy approved and positively assessed the report “Scientific activities carried out by Georgian Academy of Agricultural Sciences in 2025” presented by the Head of the Academic Department of the Academy, Academician Marine Barvenashvili; The scientific activities carried out by the departments of the Academy in 2025 were also positively assessed.
The Report of Georgian Academy of Agricultural Sciences about scientific activities in 2025 was sent to the Committee on Education, Science and Youth Affairs of the Parliament of Georgia, the Committee on Agriculture, the Ministry of Education, Science and Youth, the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia and the Georgian National Academy of Sciences.
International Day of Forests
March 21 - International Day of Forests
On March 23, 2026, a Thematic Session dedicated to the International Day of Forests was held in the session hall of Georgian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, organized by the Department of Environmental Protection and Forestry Sciences of the Academy.
The ceremonial session was attended by: Academician - Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection and Forestry Sciences, Academician Lasha Dolidze, Corresponding Member of the Academy, Acting Director of the Gulisashvili Forestry Institute, Doctor of Forestry, Giorgi Kavtaradze, Department Fellow: Doctor of Agriculture Zviad Tiginashvili, Head of the Academy's Information Center Ketevan Chipashvili, Invited Guests: Professor of Agrarian University, Doctor of Agriculture Medea Burjanadze, and the students of the Georgian Technical University.
The session was opened by Academician - Secretary of the Scientific Department of Environmental Protection and Forestry of the Georgian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Academician Lasha Dolidze, who noted that the International Day of Forests was established by the 23rd Congress of the UN General Assembly. It is noteworthy that all UN member states, including Georgia, hold various events on this day, the goal of which is to preserve the diversity of forest ecosystems. Then he made a presentation on the topic: “Formation of forest fire hearth and intensities in forest ecosystems - combating the spread processes from the air, using fire-fighting aviation means”. Academician Lasha Dolidze noted that one of the effective means of remote operational monitoring of fire safety and effective means of early warning and monitoring In this regard, the most effective fire-fighting aircraft are: “A N – 2”, “BOMBARDIER CL - 215” type aircraft, light (“M I – 1”, “M I -2”, “K – 26”) and high (“M I – 8”, “M I -2”, “K -32”) load-bearing fire-fighting helicopters, “SESNA - 1 Fr” type glider-aircraft, “EARKRAFFT” type seaplane, etc.
Special aviation means of firefighting (aircraft, helicopters, seaplanes) are actively used to combat the formation and spread of forest fires of various intensities (mainly medium and strong) of low, high and combined groups, in particular in forest ecosystems where, due to difficult natural- conditions or extremely high (+4000C; +7000C) air temperature regimes during forest fires, active action by firefighters and rescuers is restricted.
The Canadian-made "Airkraft - 1 F" high-capacity, fire-fighting aircraft has a 4,500-liter tank and, flying speed of 200 - 220 km/h, sprays a fire extinguishing chemical solution onto the fire sources from the upper space of the forest canopy, namely from a height of 40 - 50 meters, resulting in the formation of a 60 - 70 meter wide and 220 - 250 meter long so-called "water wall", which effectively affects the fire sources and leads to their localization and elimination.
A very interesting discussion was held around the report in question-answer mode.
The session was summarized by Academician Lasha Dolidze, who thanked the audience for coming and noted that such meetings will contribute to the discussion and resolution of current issues related to Georgia's forests in the future.