What environmental and agricultural plans will be fulfilled in 2019?
One of the plans are to create windbreaks in the municipalities of Gardabani, Gori and Kareli. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Georgian Minister of Environment Protection and Agriculture Levan Davitashvili has revealed his office’s plans for 2019 while delivering a speech at the Parliament of Georgia.
This year windbreaks are planned to be created in the municipalities of Gardabani, Gori and Kareli, in order to maintain the fertility of the land and provide better yield in rural areas. Last year 6.5-km long windbreaks have been built in Dedoplistkaro municipality.
Starting this year all manufacturers in Georgia who place a product onto the market will be obliged to reduce negative environmental impact that may follow its production, use, waste recovery or disposal.
This will be regulated by the new Waste Management Code that was adopted in Georgia in 2014 and enters into force from 1 December 2019.
In 2019 the area of Georgia’s protected areas will be increased by 190,000 hectares. Also this year, new eco-tourism infrastructure Okatse waterfall will be opened for the visitors that aims to increase the flow of tourists in Imereti region.
Davitashvili said that according to the researches only five protected areas of Georgia made contribution of 87 million GEL (about $32.46/€28.71) to Georgian economy.
This year early warning systems will be installed in Georgia. For example a meteorological radar will be placed in western city of Kutaisi to forecast weather conditions in western Georgia and get warning on natural disasters on time.
Also, a group of geologists will be created in western Georgia to determine the causes of the natural disasters and provide relevant recommendations.
Farmers in Georgia will soon have better access to agricultural equipment thanks to a new programme that the government of Georgia is launching.
The export of Georgian agricultural products marked new records in 2018, announces the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia.
The National Environment Agency of the Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture has installed a new air monitoring station in Rustavi today.
The latest and most reliable information on air conditions across Georgia is now available online.
Wine growers in Georgia will be able to sell grape varieties of Kindzmarauli and Mukuzani during the 2019 grape harvest only if they prove that these grape varieties are really grown and picked in their place of origin.
Georgia is starting a new seven-year programme worth $32 million that will help the country to prevent natural disasters.
A new reservoir will be built in the Shida Kartli region of Georgia, providing safe drinking water to five villages and 10,000 inhabitants, and irrigation water to 7,000 hectares of land in 22 villages.
Farmers in Georgia will be able to sell their products in the capital city of Tbilisi at special locations that will be allocated in all 10 districts of the city, Tbilisi City Hall announces.
Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze has appointed the US citizen, former head of the Caucasus Nature Fund (CNF) with a previous 28-year career in law, David Morrison as Georgia’s Environmental Ombudsman.
Georgia is capable of claiming a niche for itself on the world market in organic produce, said Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze at a meeting with young Georgian farmers today.
The US Department of Agriculture will allocate more than $10 million under the Food and Progress programme to improve food safety and quality in Georgia’s dairy and beef production chains.
PM calls on investors to invest in Kakheti
Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze has delivered a speech at the ‘International Investment Forum – Kakheti 2019’ where he called on investors to invest in the winemaking region of Georgia.
Austrian Development Cooperation (ADC) has provided a loan of €2 million to Georgia to support agricultural development, the Ministry of Agriculture of Georgia reports.