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Georgia talks about tea plantation rehabilitation project

Business Materials 23 October 2020 14:12 (UTC +04:00)
Georgia talks about tea plantation rehabilitation project

BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 23

By Tamilla Mammadova – Trend:

Some 2.5 million lari ($777,039) will be spent on the tea plantation rehabilitation program in 2020-2024 in Georgia, Minister of Environment Protection and Agriculture Levan Davitashvili said, Trend reports via Georgian media.

He made the remark during the presentation of the Georgian Dream-Democratic Georgia election program while talking about the farm development plan.

According to him, approximately 1,200 hectares of tea plantations will be rehabilitated in 4 years.

As Davitashvili noted, the tea plantation rehabilitation project started in 2016, and the results are impressive.

"Traditionally, one of the distinctive fields for us was the direction of tea, especially in western Georgia. We have started rehabilitating the existing tea plantations. The results are impressive. In the next 4 years, we will continue to invest millions of lari and rehabilitate new plantations on more than 1,200 hectares," Davitashvili said.

In his speech, the minister stressed the importance of the state's measures for the development of the agricultural sector in the field of food safety, veterinary and plant protection.

"It is essential to develop food safety, veterinary and plant protection, which we have been doing with special actuality in recent years. We will continue to fight plant pests in an organized manner and develop phytosanitary capabilities," he said.

As the minister noted, important activities in the field of veterinary medicine will continue - this is free vaccination, to make the veterinary background more reliable in the country, to take steps in the field of livestock, to make investments, to produce more products and to accept these products in both local and export markets

"We will also have important measures in food safety, which will focus on researching many thousands of samples and increasing food reliability, which is very important for the local market and the use of export potential," said Davitashvili.

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