Farmers to receive diesel cheaper than market price
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Farmers which have agricultural registered land from 0.25 to 100 hectares will receive 150 liters of diesel per each hectare 1 GEL cheaper than the market price, said Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia earlier today.
In general, for agricultural activities, the price of fuel is critically, systemically significant, and we are working to address this problem not only in the crisis this year, but also in the coming years. I can guarantee that the price of agro-diesel will be significantly cheaper than the price of diesel in the market,” said Gakharia.
The budget of the programme is 40 million GEL ($12.5 mln/€11.5 mln).
The programme will start May 20.
Under the agricultural anti-crisis plan, the government will support farmers by other programmes also, which include:
- 200 GEL ($62.3 mln/€57.6 mln) grants for farmers for each hectare
- exemption of farmers from paying irrigation tax
- 70 per cent co-financing of insurance premium
- 50 per cent grants for technic, greenhouses, irrigation systems
- up to 80 per cent grants for milk producers
- up to 17 per cent co-financing on bank loans
- up to 15,000 GEL ($4,672/€4,318 mln) grants to implement international standards (up to 25,000 GEL for cooperatives)
- 70 per cent co-financing for honey and milk producers in Gori, Akhalkalaki, Dmanisi, Dusheti
- 90 per cent co-financing of vine and milk cooperatives
Gakharia said that under the agricultural anti-crisis plan about 200,000 farmers will receive support from the state and 300 million GEL ($93.4 mln/€86.4 mln) will be spent overall to help them.
Farmers in 22 municipalities of Georgia will have the opportunity to obtain co-financing under a 3.2 million GEL (about $1m/€0.92m) grant programme offered by the European Union (EU), the Agriculture Ministry of Georgia and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) for the purchase and installation of modern drip irrigation systems.
Georgia needs industrialisation of agricultural sector and increased productivity, Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia said earlier today at a presentation of the government’s agricultural anti-crisis plan.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia announced today that 42,000 farmers will be exempt from paying irrigation taxes in 2020.
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.
Georgian Economy Minister Natia Turnava held a presentation today on how the government is planning to help local businesses and especially small and medium-sized businesses reopen and overcome economic difficulties caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
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, says the Agriculture and Rural Development Agency.
Over 5,000 farmers have already benefited from the government’s agro-diesel programme said Agriculture Minister Levan Davitashvili, noting that farmers have received more than 2.7 million litres of diesel one lari cheaper than the market price.
The Ministry of Agriculture has extended support programmes for business and agriculture, and offers grapes, hazelnuts and tea producers an effective support package, said Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia earlier today.
Farmers in Georgia will have the opportunity to obtain co-financing under a 2 million GEL grant programme offered by the European Union (EU), the Agriculture Ministry of Georgia and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) for the purchase and installation of modern drip irrigation systems.
Food supplies have become a challenge for many countries amid the pandemic, said Agriculture Minister Levan Davitashvili earlier today when presenting the annual report, but noted that Georgia overcame these difficulties very well.