Agriculture is a focus area in the management training program. Lawrence Donnelley, Associate Provost University of Delaware 4 Kent Way Newark, DE 19716 tel. Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia 380008. We are also doing a little faculty exchange and lecturing on agribusiness at the Center. Lack of resources is our primary constraint.
Floriculture is an area where joint ventures have been established with U.S. firms.
The agricultural situation in Georgia is hampered by a lack of resources, fuel, fertilizer, spare parts, and a convertible currency. The entire agricultural sector is undergoing structural change and probably the only area of the economy that is functioning at all. This is based on my recent trip to Tbilisi in April, 1994. Dr. Hoveland has lectured in Tbilisi under this agreement for two years. Dr. Hoveland has also received a grant to conduct research on wild legume for pasture use.