The EU-UNDP Rural Development Program promotes rural entrepreneurship
Zakaria Iakobishvili, an individual entrepreneur, modernized a small furniture enterprise with the support of the Rural Development Program in Dedoplistskaro Municipality
Hotel launched in Lagodekhi Municipality with the support of the Rural Development Program
With the support of the European Union (EU) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), another successful business has been established in Lagodekhi within the framework of a grant project of the Rural Development Agency
Beneficiaries of the Plant the Future program have been trained
The two-day training, supported by the European Union and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), covered the issues associated with garden management, pruning methods, seedling selection and pest and disease control.
State-funded snail farm exports up to 3 tons of snails to the Italian Republic
In Mtskheta Municipality, the snail farm of the company "D_Snailland" was launched last year, the full investment of the farm was more than 400,000 GEL, including a preferential Agrocredit of 260,000 GEL. The farm has 6 employees.
From March 22 to date, GEL 26.6 million soft loan has already been issued to support the cultivation of annual crops
The Rural Development Agency co-finances the 12-month interest rate of the loan under the Preferential Agro Credit project sub-component at the rate of 9% per annum.
Under the state program it became possible to mobilize agricultural machinery in the amount of more than 140 million GEL
In the format of Ministers Hour Otar Shamugia, Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture reported to the parliament on the activities of the Ministry and implementation of state programs in 2021.
The state will implement a co-financing program for vegetable storage enterprises
Vegetable production in recent years has increased by 15% and amounted to 176.1 thousand tons. Currently, the bulk of vegetable imports are in the off-season
In 2021, 51 storage enterprises were established with state support
Minister of Environment and Agriculture Otar Shamugia, speaking in Parliament in the format of Ministers Hour reported on the support for the agricultural storage and processing sector and summarized the year 2021.