Beneficiaries of 'Plant the Future' programme to have first harvest this year
16 million GEL allocated through the programme helped create nurseries and gardens on 10,000 hectares of land throughout Georgia. Photo: Agriculture and Rural Development Agency
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Farmers and beneficiaries of the state programme 'Plant the Future' will have their first harvest this year, announces the Agriculture and Rural Development Agency.
The agency reports that the 16 million GEL allocated through the programme helped create nurseries and gardens on 10,000 hectares of land throughout Georgia.
Anton Jamelashvili is one of the farmers who benefited from the programme; he plans to harvest 30 tonnes of cherry this year. Jamelashvili planted cherries on eight hectares of land in the village of Pkhvenisi of Gori municipality within the 'Plant the Future' in 2015.
Cherries from Jamelashvili's garden. Photo: Agriculture and Rural Development Agency.
He received 72,000 GEL in financing from the state of which 49,000 GEL was spent on purchasing saplings and 23,000 GEL for the installation of a drip system.
The 'Plant the Future' state programme was launched in 2015 in order to boost agriculture and help people open new enterprises, turn out high quality produce and increase the export potential of Georgian goods.
A Georgian farmer whose apple orchard was totally destroyed by unknown persons last December, has received 150 apple seedlings as a gift, announces the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture.
Blueberry orchards will be planted on 6 hectares in Senaki, a town in Georgia’s Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region, within the state-run project ‘Plant the Future’, aiming to stimulate the region’s agricultural industry.
Georgian company established a year ago in the Georgian region of Shida Kartli will export its preserved fruit and vegetables to the United States. A total of 212 new enterprises have been financed in Georgia within the United Agro Project from 2013, including 26 in Shida Kartli.
In order to further encourage the creation of nurseries and gardens across Georgia the government has decided to increase co-financing per beneficiary of the state programme ‘Plant the Future’ from 100,000 to 250,000 GEL, announced Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhatdze.