Government to grant 200 GEL  per 1 ha land to farmers in assistance

Gakharia said that under the agricultural anti-crisis plan about 200,000 farmers will give support from the state and 300 million GEL ($93.4 mln/€86.4 mln) will be spent overall to help them. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.

Agenda.ge, 12 May 2020 - 17:11, Tbilisi,Georgia

Farmers which have land plots between 0.25 to 10 hectares will receive 200 GEL for each hectare, said Minister of Agriculture Levan Davitashvili earlier today.

About 200,000 farmers will receive these grants.

The budget for this programme is 27 million GEL ($8.4 mln/€7.8 mln) and will start May 20. It was presented earlier today under the agricultural anti-crisis plan.

Georgian Prime Minister Gakaria said that land which is not registered yet will be registered in three years, and urged farmers to register land in order to become beneficiaries of the programmes the state carries out to support agriculture and farmers.

We support farmers, we support villages. This is taking care of not only people living in the villages, but this is taking care of each of our citizens and this is ensuring the agricultural food security of the state,” said Gakharia.

He said that farmers who have not registered land so far and will register by land until the end of the year will also benefit from the programs, which means that the part of the program will partially continue in the next year.

In addition, the government will finance 70 percent of the insurance premium, while the remaining 30 percent will be covered by farmers. Grasper farmers will be able to rely on the government for co-financing of 50 per cent of the insurance premium.

Farmers will now be able to insure their perennial plants for up to three years and annual plants for one year with the help of a state agricultural insurance programme.

The budget of the agricultural insurance programme is 9 million GEL ($2.8 mln/€2.6 mln)

Gakharia said that under the agricultural anti-crisis plan about 200,000 farmers will give support from the state and 300 million GEL ($93.4 mln/€86.4 mln) will be spent overall to help them.