Nino Kavtaradze skills and experience in the processing of fruits and cheese and cheese and cheese gave her the opportunity to raise funds for vital cancer treatment and helped to become a leader in the community of farmers as part of one of the initiatives of the FAO. The skill of the cheese man helped a resident of Georgia to raise funds for cancer treatment Economic development income that Nino Kavtaradze brings her skills and dozens of years of experience in making dried fruits, jams and special Georgian cheeses, literally saved her life. The history of this woman is told by our colleagues from the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO). & Amp; nbsp; “About 20 years ago,” Nino recalls, “I found a dangerous disease – cancer. The sale of dried fruits and tcasa [thin cakes from dried fruit puree] is one of my main sources of income that helped me pay for treatment and defeat the disease. ” 60 > nino several stages of chemotherapy were passed, treatment was delayed for years. All this time, as Nino says, she was in full dedication of her home business in the mountains in the north-west of the country. This helped to distract from sad thoughts and brought income. ~ 60 > and then there was an opportunity to take part in a project aimed at expanding the economic capabilities of women. 60 ~ h2 > school FAO It all started with a meeting with a raw’s colleague who oversee the Farm School farm in the framework of the FAO initiative, implemented jointly with the UN General region and financed by the Swiss development and cooperation agency. Nino was asked to assemble a group of & nbsp; 15 & nbsp; women. ~ 60 > Nino took this task with her characteristic perseverance, which once helped her defeat the cancer. She found not 15, but 30 women who are ready to participate in FAO farm field schools, where farmers study from each other and receive technical recommendations of food production technologists, agronomists and veterinarians of the FAO. Studying at farm field schools, participants acquire knowledge in areas such as food safety, animal care, production of new types of dairy products and processed fruits and vegetables. In addition, the participants in the FAO courses learn to manage business and comprehend the principles of gender equality. Based on the knowledge that experts shared with them, women shared the experience of caring for animals, the production of milk and dairy products, approaches to observing hygiene standards and modern methods of ensuring food safety. ~ 60 > Nino believes that even despite the 30 years of experience in daily management, schooling at school allowed her to acquire useful new knowledge. The main equipment provided by the FAO also helped to expand production, increase the safety of products and its competitiveness. & Amp; nbsp; ~ 60 > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 ~ 62Of all the FAO of the tools, Nino is especially appreciated by the grain chopper-a device that helps saves money, getting rid of the need to purchase processed animal feed: “We do not need to purchase corn-we grow it ourselves, and I will somehow cope with the purchase of wheat and barley. Independent grinding of grain will reduce livestock costs, which means to increase our profit. ” brand ninoseuli (“ from nino ”) ~ 60 > fao also provided small equipment for the production of milk products, including milk pasteurizer, vacuum packager and special containers. This allowed Nino to bring the cheese production to a new level and even release new varieties under his own brand & nbsp; ninoseuli (translated from Georgian – “from Nino”). ~ 60 >~ 60 > “I wanted to produce special, recognizable cheeses, Nino shares my idea. – Therefore, I began to add dried fruits to my products and produce cheeses with dried figs, prunes and kiwi. ”~ 60 > Another experiment“ from nino ”is the production of sweet jam with the addition of acute pepper. /62 ~ 60 > 62 ~ nino more than once represented times their cheeses and jams with sharp pepper at exhibitions, and its products are of great interest among buyers. “Sharp jam perfectly complements the taste of cheese,” says Nino, recalling participation in the agromarket “Unique Georgian Taste”. With the assistance of the European Union and Sweden, FAO holds this agromarket in Tbilisi and other cities of Georgia to support manufacturers of local products. ~ 60 > according to Nino, an unusual combination of cheese with sharp jam had to taste more cheese, and those who once tried pepper jam, They returned for him again and more. ~ 60 > if you have a goal, do everything in your power to make it so that it achieve 60 ~/Blockquote > 60 > in cooperation with Nino and other FAO leaders helped more than 600 women conducting fine dairy farms, establish the production of various cheeses-from Kachotta to Halumi. Many of them put the production of these cheeses on commercial rails. ~ 60 > “If you have a goal, do everything in your strength to achieve it,” Nino believes. – When I found cancer, I didn’t give up for a second, I never allowed the thought that I would die. I am here today because I have invested all my strengths, all perseverance and will in this battle. ”~ 60 > with such a mood, Nino continues to produce unique and even more popular products“ from Nino ”for Georgian consumers, inspiring others with her example farmers.