St. Deputy Minister of Environment Protection and Agriculture Tengiz Nasaridze attended the session of the Committee on Agrarian Affairs of the Parliament of Georgia held in Mtskheta. The director of the Rural Development Agency, Davit Tsitlidze, provided the deputies with information about the projects and programs implemented in 2023 and introduced the events planned for the current year.

Natalya Kharatishvili, Deputy Director of the Rural Development Agency, speaks in the TV Show "Business Post" about the program for supporting hazelnut production

Receiving applications for the co-financing program for harvesting agricultural machinery will start on April 22, 2024, at 12:00 p.m.

Within the framework of the promotion program for the production of hazelnuts, the process of accruing agropoints was started in parallel with the registration of orchards in the hazelnut cadastre. In the period up to April 30 of the current year, all farmers registered in the nut cadastre will be credited with appropriate points.

Tornike Kapanadze, head of the project management and technical assistance department of the Rural Development Agency, speaks about the program in the TV show "Maestro Regions"

The director of the Rural Development Agency, David Tsitlidze, visited the greenhouses created within the framework of the "Women's Pilot Program" in the Marneuli municipality and met with the women who are beneficiaries of the same state program, who came from the municipalities of Van, Chkhorotsku and Chokhatauri to learn about the activities of the greenhouses in Marneuli.

At the meeting, the minister focused on the effectiveness of the work of the extension services and noted that, depending on the specifics of each region, it is important for regional services to identify the needs of farmers in a timely manner and respond to them.

Giorgi Avaliani, head of the Public Relations and Marketing Department of the Rural Development Agency, speaks in the TV Show "Ertsulovnebis Dila" about international exhibitions and programs.

The state program for the promotion of hazelnut production envisages subsidizing the cost of agrochemicals and pesticides necessary for the maintenance and cultivation of hazelnuts. The strengthening of the control mechanism on the part of the Rural Development Agency envisages the procedure by which the agricultural stores will be obliged to carry out a systematic accounting of the sale of the products determined within the scope of the state program.

Natalia Kharatishvili, Deputy Director of the Rural Development Agency, speaks about the exhibition in the TV Show "Business Post".

Within the framework of the international exhibition "Fruit Logistica 2024" held in Berlin, Georgian producers held meetings with companies interested in buying blueberries, including representatives of the German blueberry producer Wonderland Farmers and Driscolls. It should be noted that Driscolls is an American company that operates in the international market

Natalia Kharatishvili, Deputy Director of the Rural Development Agency, speaks about the international exhibition and agricultural production support programs in the TV show "Business Partner"