By Georgia Country Representative - Dr. Kakha Nadiradze January 2025   Despite the current political and socio-economic problems and challenges in Georgia, it must be underlined that this is a country with diverse agricultural landscapes and a rich farming tradition.  It is at a crossroads where innovation is essential to address emerging challenges and unlock its agricultural potential. Climate change, land degradation, resource inefficiency, and market access barriers pose significant threats to the sector's sustainability and productivity. Precision agriculture and smart digital solutions offer a transformative pathway to overcome these challenges and build a resilient and sustainable agricultural system. The agriculture sector in Georgia faces critical challenges, including irregular rainfall, extreme weather events, and shifting growing seasons, which threaten crop yields and farmer livelihoods. Soil erosion, nutrient depletion, and desertification further exacerbate land degradation, while limited access to water resources and inefficient use of inputs such as fertilizers and pesticides hinder resource efficiency. Fragmented supply chains and limited access to real-time market data reduce competitiveness, and urbanization and migration have led to a decline in available agricultural labor. The vision for precision agriculture in Georgia is to establish a resilient, sustainable, and technologically advanced agriculture sector that leverages precision farming and digital solutions to optimize resource use, increase productivity, and ensure environmental sustainability. The objectives include enhancing agricultural productivity through data-driven decision-making, improving resource use efficiency, strengthening resilience to climate change and environmental stressors, fostering market access through digital platforms and traceability systems, and promoting sustainable practices and conservation of agrobiodiversity. Key components of this concept focus on integrating precision agriculture technologies, such as remote sensing, GIS, ESRI Products, ArcGIS and ArcGIS Geo in order to forecast flooding, landslides, erosion, IoT-enabled sensors, variable rate technology (VRT), and drones, to optimize resource use and monitor crop ...more