On April 18-20, in the city of Marakesh, Morocco, an International Conference was held dedicated to the problems of pulse cultures.
Photo: President Guram Aleksidze among the Conference participants. ( Morocco)
The Conference was organized by International Center for Development of agriculture in Dry Regions, also the Ministry of Agriculture and Fishing Industry of Morocco.

300 specialists from different courtiers took part in the work of the conference. Georgian agrarian science was presented by GAAS President G. Aleksidze who delivered an article and presented the poster depicting genetic resources of the legumes existed in Georgia, also the poster demonstrated deceases and pests characteristic for the mentioned plants and the measures to fight against them. Alksidze had meetings with world prominent scientists working on the above-mentioned topic. Some of them expressed their wish to participate in the conference organized by the GAAS, on September 28 – 30, 2016. The Declaration adopted by the conference illustrates the present stage of study of the legumes, as well as the perspectives of their utilization.