Embassy of the United States Georgia

COCHRAN FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Cochran Fellowship Program (CFP) provides short-term (2-3 weeks) training in the U.S. for senior and mid-level agriculturists, managers and administrators concerned with agricultural development, trade, agribusiness management and marketing from the public and private sectors.  CFP is part of the USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service, Office of Capacity Building and Development, Trade and Scientific Exchanges Division.

Program objectives are to assist Georgia to develop agricultural systems necessary to meet the food needs of its domestic populations; and to strengthen and enhance trade linkages with other countries.  Past priority topics for Georgia have been:    a) Agricultural Cooperatives   b) Agricultural survey data analysis in the economic decision making;   c) Animal health (Animal diseases control, Animal genetics, Animal nutrition) and veterinary services;   Command of the English and Russian language is preferred but not required (oral communication).  

Application forms will be obtained through this link (PDF 48 KB)

For further information please contact Mr. Demna Dzirkvadze, USDA Acting Project Coordinator at DzirkvadzeD@state.gov