Ata-Baba Hazelnut, Madrasa Grape and Wild Caucasian Rosehip are the first three Slow Food Presidia in Azerbaijan! 28 January 2021 The ‘Community-based Value Chain Enhancement in the Greater Caucasus Mountains area’ (COVCHEG) project has mapped 40 local varieties of vegetables, fruit, traditional home-made sweets, animal breeds, wild plants and other specialties linked to the villages and climatic zones of the Greater Caucasus Mountains of Azerbaijan, since 2018. And 28 out of the overall registered items are already on board the Ark of Taste, which is selecting and recording quality food products at risk of extinction worldwide. COVCHEG is funded by the EU and implemented by Slow Food in partnership with the Azerbaijan Tourism Board