Korakhashvili, Avtandil
Korakhashvili, Avtandil (Bidzina) (b. September 24, 1949, Tbilisi), agrotechnologist. Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Georgia (2013; Corresponding Member 2009), Doctor of Agricultural Sciences (1994), Professor (1995).
He graduated from the Georgian Agricultural Institute (1971). He worked at the Tbilisi Base Nursery (1972-1976), the Ministry of Meat and Dairy Industry of Georgia (1975 - 1979), and the Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture of Georgia (2011- 2015); since 1979, he has worked at the Agricultural University of Georgia (1989-2025). He participated in 5 USAID projects, as well as projects of WB, AASSA, Deloitte, IFAD, ICARDA, etc.
He participates in public activities: served as a member of the Scientific Council of the Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia (2006-2018), and as the member of the Scientific Council, expert, coordinator, and analyst for the European Cooperative Programme for Plant Genetic Resources (ECP/GR); The European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment (EFITA), and numerous international organizations like TACIS, GTZ, CGIAR, etc.
Acad. Korakhashvili's field of scientific activity includes the protection and improvement of agrobiodiversity, conservation, establishment, growing, management, monitoring, processing and utilization of agricultural crops in climate-smart conditions for Food Security and Food Safety. The adaptation of agricultural nano, bio, and information technologies (AI) for Georgia, as well as the adaptation of legislative-normative acts regarding feed and food safety and quality in Georgia and their harmonization with European Union regulations.
He engages in pedagogical activity at 3 universities in Georgia, as well as in the USA, Japan, Hungary and China. He has published more than 300 scientific works in 30+ countries, including 8 monographs and 24 textbooks, and holds 2 patents and 15 inventions, as well as numerous publications in electronic and printed media.
He has been awarded with Golden medal of secondary school (1975), Silver Medal of Excellence in Food Industry (1979), UNESCO's Confucius Gold Medal (1995), with the Order of Honor of Georgia (1999), Malaysia's HACCP Gold Medal (2005), and the L. Dekaprelevich Prize (2019).
Literary Works: Annual Management Plan for Farming by Computer program BARMEX, (2001), EFITA Third Conference on Precise Agriculture, Montpellier, France; Georgian-English-Russian-German-French-Spanish Agrarian Dictionary, Tb., (2004-22); Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Biodiversity in Georgia, (2007), Global Summit (GOSMAP-3), Chiang Mai, Thailand; Research of Cinnamonic Calcareous Soil Fertilizing Systems for Pastures Akhaltsikhe District, (2011), Communications in Soil Sciences Plant Analysis, Taylor and Francis, USA, vol. 42, Nº7; Agrarian Nanotechnologies (2015), Textbook, “Nauchlitizdat”, Moscow, Russia; The Study of Biodiversity of Thirty two Families of Useful Plants Existed in Georgia, (2018), World Academy of Sciences, International Journal, v. 12, N° 10, Tokyo, Japan; Climate-Smart and Circular Agriculture of Georgia (2023), London, GB, (in 7 languages).
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