National Agricultural Olympiad 2022 winners revealed

The second National Agricultural Olympiad was held in Georgia. Giorgi Khanishvili, the First Deputy Minister of Environment Protection and Agriculture of Georgia, Raimund Jehle, FAO Representative in Georgia, and Alexander Karner, the Head of Office/Coordination of the Austrian Embassy in Tbilisi awarded the winners.
 
The National Agricultural Olympiad is the only knowledge-based competition in the agricultural field throughout the country and in the region. It aims to promote different agricultural professions and education. This year, 964 contestants participated in the olympiad and 38 winners were awarded in the various nominations and categories.
 
The National Agricultural Olympiad targeted four different categories: specialist, student, farmer, and pupil. Specialists and students competed in the fields of agronomy, veterinary, wine technology, food technology, mechanization, and forestry, while the pupils and farmers tested their knowledge in general categories like agriculture, biodiversity, environmental protection, and ecology.  
 
This year, the business representatives showed unprecedentedly high interest towards the National Agricultural Olympiad. They awarded the winners with the various prizes: paid internship opportunities with the perspectives for employment, monetary prizes, household appliances, etc. The following companies and organizations partnered with the Olympiad 2022: Aldagi, TBC for Business, Nuts.ge, Beko, Farmers Association, Kirk; Kula; Achinebuli (Alali), Invet Feed, Agromotors, Agrolane, Agency of Protected Areas of Georgia, Geonaturals, Agrokoziki, Agrosphere, Agronimi, Baraka, and Shumi Winery.
 
The representatives of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture, the international donor organizations, and the partner companies of the olympiad attended the awarding ceremony.
 
The National Agricultural Olympiad is held under the patronage of the Ministry of Environment and Agriculture of Georgia. The organizers of the Olympiad are the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), The Austrian Development Cooperation (ADC), The Agricultural Development Association (ADA), the USAID Agriculture Program, and the Caucasus Environmental NGO Network (CENN).