International projects
Georgia Hazelnut Improvement Project (G-HIP)
G-HIP aims to increase the quality and quantity of Georgian hazelnut production, improve processing capabilities, and establish market linkages that will allow smallholder growers to reach lucrative end markets. Activity will strengthen the Georgian Hazelnut Growers Association and the Hazelnut Exporters and Processors Associations internal capacity and enhances value propositions for its members; and Increase productivity and competitiveness of the hazelnut sector by improving postharvest handling, introduce a postharvest quality incentive system, enhance the capacity and operation of Husking, Drying, and Storage centers, facilitate access to credit for producers, and improve availability of postharvest market infrastructure
Budget
$3 million
Donor
USAID
Implementing Partner
Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture (CNFA)
Contact Information
David Tsiklauri
Email: dtsiklauri@usaid.gov
Vincent Morabito, Email: vmorabito@georgiahip.org
www.cnfa.org/program/georgia-hazelnut-improvement-project