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Otar Shamugia held a working meeting at the Scientific-Research Center of Agriculture

The Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture Otar Shamugia got acquainted with the report of the ongoing projects at the meeting held at the Scientific-Research Center of Agriculture. The participants of the meeting discussed the future plans of the Scientific-Research Center, the implementation of the budget of the current year and forecasting budget issues of 2023. The director of the Center, Levan Ujmajuridze, spoke about the projects, which are carried out in order to perfect the system of certification of seeds and planting materials, search-identification-restoration-conservation of local genetic resources of plants and animals, living collections, DNA researches, Genebank, also on the projects which are connected with creation of breeding nuclei, storage-processing of grapes and other agricultural products, soil fertility, organic farming, integrated plant protection, veterinary, eco-physiology, etc. At the meeting, the Minister emphasized that the role of the scientific-research carried out by the Center and the obtained theoretical results are important for the development of the country's agrarian sector, for which it is necessary to cooperate closely with the private sector, share the received results and implement them in practice. Giorgi Khanishvili and Iuri Nozadze, Deputy Ministers of Environmental Protection and Agriculture, attended the meeting held at the Scientific-Research center.