New state programme offers 70% co-financing to beekeepers, winemakers
Farmers involved in beekeeping and winemaking will receive 70 percent co-financing from the state to help them increase production of organic products in Georgia. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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Farmers involved in beekeeping and winemaking will receive 70 percent co-financing from the state to help them increase production of organic products in Georgia, with the Government approving a new Bioproduction Promotion Programme on Monday.
The Ministry of Agriculture quoted Minister Otar Shamugia as citing increasing demand on bioproducts worldwide and in Georgia, and arguing the state should “help our farmers and support them to switch into organic production".
The new programme envisages 70 percent co-financing, both in the certification process and in consulting services, in the purchase of biofertilisers and materials for winemaking and beekeeping, and we will also finance the laboratory costs of beekeepers", Shamugia said.
The document published by the Legislative Herald of Georgia said as part of the Programme farmers would receive co-financing for certification, consulting and laboratory services with the upper limit of ₾7,000 ($2,380/€2,324).
In case farmers receive co-financing from a donor organisation, the upper limit of the state co-financing offer is reduced to 40 percent and within ₾4,000 ($1,360/€1,328).
The European Union, Sweden and Austria are supporting organic tea production in highland regions of Georgia under a project set to equip producers with modern hardware and provide them with training.
A new report published by the World Bank on Tuesday said agriculture, water, and land in Georgia could be a source of “increased economic productivity,” including a transition from low agriculture returns to high-value crop production, if supported by targeted policies and complementary public and private investments.
The government of Georgia and the private sector of the country will invest about 7 billion GEL over the next nine years as part of a new programme 'Environmental Protection and Rural Development 2030'.
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