On February 7, 2020, at Georgian Academy of Agricultural Sciences a Meeting of the Presidium of the Academy was held dedicated to hearing of work carried out by Ajara Ministry of Agriculture. The Meeting attended the members of the Presidium of the Academy and national coordinators of different fields of agriculture of Georgia.

From Ajara Autonomous Republic, the Meeting of Presidium attended the Minister of Agriculture Tite Aroshidze, Irma Apkhazava, the Head of Ministry Department, and the head of press center Roin Gogadze.

The Meeting was opened by welcoming speech of Academician Guram Aleksidze, the GAAS President who emphasized that a Memorandum of Cooperation with Ajara Ministry of Agriculture was signed in 2013, and since then, the head of the Ministry of Agriculture regularly presents an account of the work conducted in the field of agriculture in the Autonomous Republic.

Mr. Tite Aroshidze, gave an extended account regarding the agricultural work carried out in recent years, also mentioned some problems which have been addressed by the Ministry last year.

He spoke about the project carried out in plant studies, cattle-breeding, agro-engineering, citrus-growing, and tea-growing. One of the important issues he focused on was organization and financial support of BACSA International Conference on Sericulture which was carried out together with Georgian Academy of Agricultural Sciences. The minister also spoke about the future perspectives, planned collaboration with international organizations, close cooperation with and the forms to assist the local farmers and Ajara population.

Mr. Tite Aroshidze put the accent on fruitful cooperation that exists within a frame of Memorandum between the Academy and Ajara Ministry of Agriculture, and expressed his sincere wish to enhance partnership with Agriculture Scientific-Consulting Center of Ajara.

After the Minister’s interesting presentation, the presidium members and National Coordinators asked questions, and a round table discussion was held with active participation of academicians: I. Vasadze, J. Gugushvili, G, Gagoshidze, T. Kurashvili, Z. Tkitishvili, E. Shapakidze, N. Chitanava, A. Meskhishvili and N. Kiknavelidze.