The International Potato Center (CIP) has been implementing a three-year project, "Enhancing Rural Livelihoods in Georgia: Introducing Integrated Seed Health Approaches to Local Potato Seed Systems" with Austrian Development Agency (ADA) support since July 2017. The overall goal of the project is to improve the livelihoods of Georgian farmers by increasing profitability and sustainability of their potato crops and to increase capacity of national players in the potato seed value chain. This will be achieved by improving the quality of potato seed, benefitting small-scale potato farmers in Georgia, who will see improvements in the quality of planting material, boost their productivity and yield stability, and consequently increase theirs and their families` income and quality of life. Increased profitability of the potato crop could also benefit consumers through lower and/or more stable prices. An improved seed system will lead to more efficient diffusion of new varieties, which has benefits to farmers and consumers that transcend productivity. 

The project is seeking for gender specialist to develop training modules on women empowerment in potato sector of Georgia together with CIP international expert and conduct training for trainers (ToT) and trainings of farmers in Samtslkhe-Javakheti and Kvemo Kartli regions.

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