Georgia seed model farm opens

Dignitaries, researchers, and private sector representatives gathered this week in southwestern Georgia to celebrate the opening of potato seed model farm that will provide ideas, training and high-quality seed to potato farmers throughout the country.

The seed model farm is one part of the USAID Potato Program in Georgia, a multi-faceted intervention to improve potato seed systems in the country. Potato is known as “second bread” to many Georgians due to its popularity, but potato productivity levels remain low in the country due to pests and diseases in seed potatoes and a lack of healthy planting materials.

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