Georgian center for agribusiness development gcad will research ways to improve the statistical analysis performed by national statistics office of georgia geostat and linkages that can be made with…

Georgian center for agribusiness development gcad will research ways to improve the statistical analysis performed by national statistics office of georgia geostat and linkages that can be made with the georgian private sector. Gcad will work closely with geostat, USDA FAS and nass in order to ensure proper implementation of the research activities. Specifically, the research that will be conducted by gcad will further this work being conducted by nass to improve agricultural statistics to be more accurate, timely and reliable, providing critical market information to the benefit of georgian and US agricultural producers. Gcad will research key methodologies for improving geostat s statistical analyses by conducting large scale trainings to identify missing skills gaps which have not occurred for the geostat enumerators for over three years. Trainings will include the importance of the survey, detailed training on the questionnaire, training and practice on the tablets used for enumeration, strategies for encouraging response and methods for converting reluctant respondents, knowledge exchange between enumerators, and an opportunity for field staff to suggest impro vements to questionnaire and other aspects of the AG survey program. No subawards are anticipated.