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Field training was conducted for agro-forestry students at Jighaura base

Field training was organized for the students of agronomy and forestry of the Georgian Agrarian University on the importance of windbreaks and their cultivation at the Jighaura perennial crop experimental base of the Scientific-Research Center of Agriculture.

Students toured live collections of forest crops, fruits and grapevines, woody plant species used in agriculture, windbreak models and fast-growing woody plantations planted in different schemes and got acquainted with the activities of the center.

The Forest Crops Collection of Jighaura was established in 2015 for the conservation and protection of forest crops. The collection currently retains 88 species, including unique and endangered species.