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Issue no: 858/34
• JULY 5 - 7, 2016
• PUBLISHED TWICE WEEKLY
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ON NEW HORIZONS It's official...and now the hard work really begins!
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In this week’s issue... Georgian Peach Export Rockets PAGE 2
How Socially Responsible is Your Business?
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Deutsche Bahn to Help Develop Georgian Transport Corridor
UNDP/ENPARD: Agricultural Success Stories in Adjara
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NBG: Georgia’s Debt Down, FDIs on the Up
BY ZVIAD ADZINBAIA
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Electricity Market Watch
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n order to inform wider society of agriculture and rural development in Adjara region, journalists of broadcast, print and online media were invited to villages across the Adjara region and to see small farmers’ cooperatives. The media tour of June 27-30 was mainly supported by The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Georgia, and the European Neighborhood Program for Agricultural Development (ENPARD). The media was first-hand informed of the challenges faced by small farmers, the successes of agriculture cooperatives, and the role of agriculture cooperation in enhancing rural development in Georgia. Continued on page 3
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Janos Herman, EU Ambassador to Georgia; Niels Scott, Head of UNDP in Georgia; Archil Khabadze, Chair of the Adjara AR Government; Zaur Putkaradze, Minister of Agriculture of the Adjara AR; and others visited a blueberry plantation in the village of Ochkhamuri, Kobuleti, Adjara. Photo: Vladimer Valishvili/UNDP
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