On June 26-29, 2019, in one of the resort towns – Burges, an international Scientific Technical Congress on the topic:  “ Machines in Agriculture” was held. More than fifty researchers arrived to participate in the Congress from different countries: Germany, Poland, Check, Italy, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova, Russia and Georgia, among others. Academician Jemal Katsitadze, member of GAAS  Chief Specialist of Agricultural Scientific Center, and Giorgi Kutelia, Academy Scholarship winner, participated in the Congress. J. Katsitadze was  a member of  Organizational Committee the Congress which was opened by Professor Mikho Mikhov,  the  Head of  Organizational Committee. J. Katsitadze greeted the Conference participants on behalf of Georgian Academy of Agricultural Science, Shota Rustaveli National Scientific Foundation and Georgian Agrarian University and wished successful and fruitful work.  He also delivered some souvenirs from Georgia.

J. Katsitadze’s presentation was on the following topic:  „Machine Reliability Research of low mechanization in the mountain conditions of Adjara with the aim of its increasing“.  The article presents theoretical basis for reliability of small- scale machines and the results obtained from experiment in Ajara.

 There were some discussions and questions which followed his presentation; the participants give high appreciation to the presentation. Katsitadze also was also the head of the section        “ Technical Service of Machines”.

 56 scientific papers were presented at the Congress and the one delivered by J. Katsitadze was among ten top. He was delivered a Diploma; his article besides Conference Proceedings  was also published in international scientific journal “Mechanization in Agriculture” in Sophia. Now Academician Katsitadze is a member of Editorial Board of the journal.  

        The Scientific Congress adopted some recommendations regarding effective application of research results to solve the problems of mechanization in Agriculture.

         J. Katsitadze also was interviewed by a Bulgarian TV commentator who published the interview in a sc ientific popular journal “ Mechanization of farming” ( Bulgaria).

Academician J. Katsitadze at International Scientific-Technical Congress.

( Bulgaria, July 26, 2019)