A joint project between Georgia and China is being executed in Georgia’s farming Marneuli district to build greenhouses to stimulate vegetable production.
Several greenhouses are being built over five hectares in Marneuli within the Georgia-China Technical Cooperation Project, worth 20 million Chinese Yuan (7.5 million GEL) and financed by the Chinese government.
Today Georgia’s Minister of Agriculture Otar Danelia and China Technical Cooperation Project coordinator San Hou visited the construction site, about one hour south of capital Tbilisi. Some of the greenhouses were completed while final work was continuing on others.
The Chinese government is implementing this project, worth more than $3 million USD in Georgia. [The greenhouses] are planned to be completed in December this year,” said Danelia.
The greenhouses will be used to grow vegetables.
The new greenhouses will stimulate vegetable production. Photo from Georgia's Ministry of Agriculture/Facebook.
Georgian farmers and technicians will be trained in China, so they can learn latest farming technologies and improve their knowledge and experience of growing vegetables.
Hou said Georgia was an ideal place for the new greenhouse project.
I would thank Georgia’s Agriculture Ministry for supporting us. The Chinese government hopes the project will be implemented successfully. We want to improve Georgian farmers’ knowledge in terms of producing vegetables using modern technologies,” he said.
The Technical Cooperation Project between Georgia and China is being carried out according to a cooperation agreement signed by both sides on January 15, 2014.