BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 14
By Tamilla Mammadova – Trend:
By joint efforts of Bank of Georgia and Nat Georgia Ltd., an almond orchard will be planted in the village of Koda, Tetritsqaro Municipality, Georgia, Trend reports citing Georgian media.
At this stage, agricultural work is actively carried out, and under the already used funds, the company planted 8,600 Spanish high-yielding seedlings on 6 hectares of land.
Nat Georgia Ltd plans to harvest an average of 1.2 tons of almonds per hectare. The company does not rule out the possibility of producing and exporting almond milk in the future.
The company plans to employ 15 people to work at the orchard.
The total investment in this project is 199,000 lari ($64,852).
Nat Georgia expects to receive a total of 7.2 tons of almonds from the site.
Bank of Georgia Group PLC is a UK incorporated holding company which, through its subsidiaries, carries out retail banking and payment services, corporate investment banking and wealth management operations in Georgia, and banking operations in Belarus.
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