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2020 becomes landmark year for Georgia in terms of agricultural exports

Business Materials 23 December 2020 11:56 (UTC +04:00)
2020 becomes landmark year for Georgia in terms of agricultural exports

BAKU, Azerbaijan, Dec.23

By Tamilla Mammadova – Trend:

2020 has become a landmark year for Georgia in terms of agricultural exports, said George Khanishvili, First Deputy Minister for the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia, Trend reports via Georgian media.

"This is the year when various state-supported projects for the agricultural sector implemented back in 2013 began to yield results. One of them is the Plant the Future project, in which the state co-finances the development of modern orchards such as purchases of seedlings and installations of drip irrigation systems," he said.

According to Khanishvili, to date, this project has assisted a total of 9,500 hectares for both traditional and new perennial crops for the country.

"Pistachio, almond, and olive groves are now giving their first harvests and they will grow for years to come. Blueberry plantations have already shown impressive results. The same can be said about modern plum orchards producing new varieties known in Europe," he noted,

He added that the project on co-financing enterprises for storage and processing of fruits and vegetables is also very important.

"These are warehouses and refrigeration facilities where products are received, cooled, and prepared for sale. The availability of refrigeration facilities contributes to the safety of products and their export. It was this factor, in my opinion, that led to growth in the export of figs. In recent years, a few new orchards of figs were planted. Over the past period and with state support, approximately 1000 storage and processing enterprises were rehabilitated and 215 new enterprises were created," Khanishvili said.

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