Agriculture Ministry launches $150mln project to upgrade amelioration infrastructure

The Ministry of Agriculture of Georgia is launching a $150 million project to renovate and modernise amelioration infrastructure in select locations in the country. Photo: Georgian Amelioration

Agenda.ge, 15 Mar 2023 - 13:14, Tbilisi,Georgia

The Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture of Georgia is launching a $150 million project with the Government and the World Bank to renovate and modernise amelioration infrastructure in select locations in the country. 

Georgian Amelioration announced the news on Wednesday, saying the project, set to launch in the “nearest future” and run for six years, would help improve irrigation and drainage services and agricultural production.

Irrigated agricultural land area will increase to up to 27,000 hectares [while] [i]nstitutional capacity for irrigation and land management will be enhanced at the national level”, said the body.

The goal of the project is to “completely replace and modernise” management of amelioration schemes to modern standards, in turn reducing both operational costs and losses of natural resources, it added.