The Committee convened the working meeting on pandemic-induced challenges in agriculture.

According to the Chair, Nino Tsilosani, the meeting is part of the USAID/GGI project - "Strengthen Planning and Oversight Capacity of Georgian Parliament, Focus on the Context of the Pandemic" and aims to help the Committee identify the challenges and problems encountered by the agrarian sector since the beginning of the pandemic.

"As part of the USAID program, the Advisory Group will assist the Committee to correctly identify challenges in the agricultural sector during the pandemic and ensure that the response of the state and the Ministry to these challenges in a fair and timely manner", - N. Tsilosani remarked.

The project is implemented by the consulting company "Egeria Solutions" and as its representative Tamar Chugoshvili noted, the purpose of this project is not only to promote the oversight function of the Committee, but also the Parliament in general in the context of COVID-19.

All issues related to the damage caused by the pandemic will be identified and analyzed. This in turn will help the Committee determine action and address the effects of the pandemic.

Gela Khanishvili, First Deputy Minister of Environment and Agriculture spoke about the measures taken for the companies affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and the challenges in the field.

The meeting, which was attended by representatives of the legislature, executive branch, civil society and the private sector, was held in a mode of discussion.

According to the Chair of the Committee, the meeting was quite fruitful and similar events will continue in the future as today’s session revealed several important issues, which will be overseen by the Committee.