New hazelnut facility to process up to 1,000 tonnes of hazelnuts annually
A new hazelnut processing and storage facility is operated by local company Agritrade. Photo: Ministry of Agriculture of Georgia.
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A new hazelnut processing and storage facility has opened in the village of Tela, in Lagodekhi municipality of Georgia, which is operated by local company Agritrade, announces the Ministry of Agriculture of Georgia.
More than 900,000 GEL was invested in the facility of which about 500,000 GEL is preferential agro-credit.
The new facility can process up to 1,000 tonnes of hazelnuts annually, helping more than 200 local farmers bring their products to market.
USAID Georgia Mission Director Peter Wiebler participated in the opening of the new USAID-supported hazelnut processing and storage facility.
USAID said that it continues to support hazelnut farmers in Georgia to increase revenues and create jobs in rural areas.
Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze has tasked Agriculture Minister Levan Davitashvili today with solving the country’s stink bug problem and issues with agricultural funguses; two of the major challenges facing the Georgian hazelnut sector.
In January-November 2019 Georgia exported 10,879.4 tonnes worth $54.76 million of shelled and unshelled hazelnuts, which amounted to 1.6 per cent of total Georgian exports in this period, show data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia.
Georgia, Azerbaijan and Turkey are joining forces to improve the quality and increase the production of hazelnuts, announces the Georgian Ministry of Agriculture.
Georgia is getting ready for a rich and high quality hazelnut harvest season during which thousands of tonnes of hazelnuts will be picked and sold locally or exported. This year more than 40,000 tonnes of hazelnut are expected to be harvested, while last year Georgian farmers picked just 17,000 tonnes of hazelnut.
About 50,000 tonnes of high quality hazelnuts are expected to be harvested in Georgia this year, announces the Ministry of Agriculture. Farmers in the Samegrelo region of Georgia have already started to gather the hazelnut harvest.
Georgia has already exported 1,334 tonnes of hazelnuts this year – twice as much as the country exported in the same period of last year, says the Georgian Ministry of Agriculture.
Georgia has already exported 1,797 tonnes of hazelnuts this year which is an increase of 81 per cent compared to the same period of last year, says the Georgian Ministry of Agriculture.
Georgia has exported 4,466 tonnes of hazelnuts this year as of September 24, which is a 74 per cent increase compared to the same period of last year, announces the Ministry of Agriculture of Georgia.