The report “Legal constraints faced by farmer organizations in Georgia and recommendations” has been prepared under the “EC/FAO Programme on Information Systems to Improve Food Security Decision-Making in the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP) East Area ” to support the development of farmer organizations in Georgia.

The preparation of the report was one of the activities of the Programme to provide strategic guidance to the Ministry of Agriculture to foster cooperation and social cohesion among farmers. Other activities include:

• A two day conference on Policies and Programmes to Support Small Farmers Organizations organized in Georgia in March 2012 with the participation of ten countries of the region (Conference on policies and programmes to support small farmers organizations in Georgia)
• The organization of a study tour in July 2011 for Government officials to Hungary to learn from Hungarian experience in implementing policies for developing farmer organizations (Three day study tour (25-27 July 2011): Farmer cooperation in Georgia )
• A baseline survey of selected FOs in Georgia
• A review of taxation related to farmer organizations
• Assistance provided to the Agrarian Committee of the Parliament to draft legislation on cooperatives, in collaboration with EU and UNDP

The report defines and analyses different legal organizational forms available to small scale farmers in Georgia for joint activities in the field of agriculture. The report reviews, for each form of organizations, legal and procedural issues covered by the Law, such as the registration requirements and corporate governance. The report also compares the situation in Georgia with international practice and provides a series of recommendations.

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The objectives of the legislation review were to identify legal constraints faced by farmer organizations and provide recommendations to develop new legislation or amend existing one in order to contribute to a favourable policy environment for farmer organizations.

Contactos

Mr. Beka Dzadzamia
EC-FAO food security programme
Country Coordinator
Email: Beka.Dzadzamia@fao.org

Ms. Francoise Trine
EC-FAO food security programme
Programme coordinator
Email: Francoise.Trine@fao.org

Formación relacionados

Conference on policies and programmes to support small farmers organizations in Georgia

Three day study tour (25-27 July 2011): Farmer cooperation in Georgia

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