Farmers who rent land from the state to receive 25% discount on purchase of lands
There are about 2,000 farmers in Georgia who rent land from the state of which 439 farmers have already registered to purchase their lands. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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In order to increase the availability of agricultural land, the farmers who rent land from the state will now be able to buy land they currently occupy at a 25% discount rate, announces Georgian Economy Minister Natia Turnava.
Turnava said that the government’s decision will please the farmers who have leased land from the state and are thinking of buying it. However, the prices are quite high [on land] and consequently, many farmers do not have the financial ability to enjoy this right. Therefore, we decided to offer them a 25% discount to purchase the lands", Turnava said.
She added that the main task is not to leave uncultivated land, enable the farmers to participate in the state programmes and attract funding.
Turnava said that there are about 2,000 farmers in Georgia who rent land from the state of which 439 farmers have already registered to purchase their lands.
Over 700 Georgian farmers participated in training programmes last year organised by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) with the support of the European Union (EU), under the ENPARD programme.
Subsistence farmers will no longer be recorded as self-employed by the National Statistics Office of Georgia.
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.
Farmers in Georgia will soon be able to have better access to agricultural equipment thanks to new amendments in the Preferential Agro Credit Project, approved at today’s government meeting.
Farmers throughout Georgia have purchased goods worth ₾35,752,914 (about $13 mln) since May within the state programme for agriculture, the Georgian Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection said on Thursday.