CENN, with the financial support of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), has concluded farmers’ field training sessions on the topic of intensification of beef cattle farming systems.
Up to 45 participants from Gurjaani, Dmanisi, and Kazbegi municipalities were trained on the topics of (1) beef cattle breeds, (2) beef cattle nutrition and feeding specifics, and (3) pastureland condition assessment, and management. The participants included staff from the Information-Consulting Centers of Rural Development Agency (RDA) as well as local farmers.
The sessions were concluded at the base of Dmanisi Cattle Breading LLC french farm.
Farmers’ field training sessions were convened within the project “Achieving Land Degradation Neutrality Targets of Georgia through Restoration and Sustainable Management of Degraded Pasturelands”, which is being initiated by the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia and financed by the Global Environment Facility (GEF). The project is implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The Regional Environmental Centre for the Caucasus (REC Caucasus) is an executive organization and CENN is the project partner.