Presentation of the book – Agrarian Culture of Georgia
- May 28, 2022
The National Academy of Sciences of Georgia has published a monograph entitled “Agrarian Culture of Georgia” prepared by the Institute of Botany at the Ilia State University in cooperation with the National Botanical Garden of Georgia. The authors of the book are: Academician Tinatin Sadunishvili, geneticist, ethnobotanist, Academic Doctor Ineza Maisaia, botanist, PhD in Biological Sciences Ketevan Batsatsashvili, director of the Institute of Botany of Ilia State University Shalva Sikharulidze and director of the National Botanic Garden of Georgia; editor: Academician Giorgi Kvesitadze; reviewers: Academicians – Guram Aleksidze and Avtandil Arabuli. The monograph is dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences. The book intended for a wide range of readers, is based on materials from many sources (history, archeology, ethnography, botany, linguistics, biochemistry, etc.) and is filled with the stories of elders living in different parts of Georgia. Georgia, as an ancient country of agriculture, is characterized by high cultural traditions of agriculture. In the memoirs of our ancestors we can find ethnobotanical materials that reflect our ancestral traditions, religious customs. The conservation of agricultural biodiversity is of great importance in terms of our country’s history, ethnography and production of traditional products, especially now that a significant part of the plant genetic fund has been destroyed.
