Agriculture Ministry expects 50,000 tonnes of apple harvest
Georgia’s Agriculture Ministry on Wednesday said it expected this year’s apple harvest across the country to yield 50,000 tonnes. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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Georgia’s Agriculture Ministry on Wednesday said it expected this year’s apple harvest across the country to yield 50,000 tonnes.
The body said the state programme supporting sale of “non-standard” apples would be maintained from previous years to ensure farmers sold their produce.
As part of the programme, the Rural Development Agency will provide a subsidy of 10 tetri per kilogramme of the product.
The state subsidy will be given to fruit processing companies that buy 1 kg of non-standard apples from farmers for at least 24 tetri by December 15”, the Ministry added.
Fruit processing enterprises interested in joining the programme will be required to join its digital registry.
Fruit processing enterprises involved in the Georgian state programme enabling farmers to submit their produce accepted over 73,000 tonnes of apples during the last harvest season, with producers making over $6,6 million in delivering their products, Georgia’s Rural Development Agency said on Friday.
The Georgian Agriculture Ministry said on Friday it was expecting an “abundant” apple harvest of between 130-135 thousand tonnes in the country this year.
Vegetable production in Georgia has increased by 15 percent in recent years and amounted to 176.1 tonnes, Otar Shamugia, the Agriculture Minister of the country, said on Thursday.
Production of perennial crops in Georgia has increased by 33 percent in recent years and amounted to 600,000 tonnes, Otar Shamugia, the Agriculture Minister of the country, said on Thursday.