Nursery Gardens component

Co-financing component of the nursery gardens includes provision of financial and technical assistance to the beneficiaries who are willing to make nursery gardens. Under the nursery gardens’ component arrangement of perennial nursery gardens may be co-financed in all municipalities and self-governing cities of Georgia. 

The program provides co-financing for basic rootstocks for nurseries, which must be purchased from US / UK / EU countries or other country (ies) established by the LEPL Agricultural Research Center.

Financial assistance: 

Within the scope of the "nursery gardens" component, the financial assistance includes allocation of targeted funds for potential beneficiaries in a form of co-financing for the cultivation of new or existed nursery gardens. 

Under the co-financing of nursery component will only fund beneficiaries who create and / or expand, / modernize / re-equip nurseries / plant in-vitro laboratories that produce crop propagation material as part of the program of garden component.Co-financing is 50% of  the total project cost , not more then  250 000 GEL per beneficiary. However, in case of creating a new nursery, total value of the amout defined b the nursery garden component should be at least GEL 100,000.

The remaining cost of project of nursery gardens may be financed though own capital as well as though the bank loan.

Technical Assistance:

In order to provide the knowledge required for the maintenance of the nursery gardens the beneficiaries, who will be granted financial assistance will also be trained in the following issues:

a) plant propagation technologies;

b) sapling certification principles.

Participation in the training is the obligation of the beneficiary and is included in the agreement concluded with beneficiary.

Limitations:

1. The target beneficiaries for the nursery gardens’ component are the persons interested in planting various nursery gardens.

The beneficiary can be a Georgia-based enterprise or an individual entrepreneur.

The enterprise, in which the state directly or indirectly owns shares or stocks, may not be the beneficiary of the "nursery gardens’ component".

2. For obtaining financial and technical assistance determined under the gardens’ component:

a) a beneficiary must not have any debts with the LEPL "Revenue Service".

In case of open ground technology, a beneficiary must own an agricultural plot of land that is registered in the National Agency of Public Registry with one cadastral code as his/her property, or must have obtained an agricultural plot of land under a long-term leasing from the state (the remaining period of the leasing must be at least 10 years and the leasing agreement must be registered with the National Agency of Public Registry). 

   2.1. The requirement on the leasing relationship with the state determined by paragraph (b) of this article shall not apply, if in case of participation of the Patriarchate of Georgia in the project it establishes the enterprise(s) and gives it a plot of land in ownership or under a long-term leasing (the remaining period of the leasing must be at least 10 years).  

3. The beneficiary or the person responsible for the proper operation of the nursery garden must have appropriate qualification;

4. The capacity of the planned nursery gardens must not be less than 50 000 various species of saplings per year.

5. The plot of land, which is intended for the nursery gardens, must not be under lien.

6. The plot of land, which is intended for the nursery gardens, must be cultivated and suitable for the gardening.

7. The plot of land must be supplied from a permanent water source that means existence of the lake, river or river channel within maximum 500 meters from the external perimeter of the land, or the existence of a well or a borehole on the territory of the plot of land.

8. The plot of land, which is intended for the nursery gardens, must be fenced as required or its fencing must be planned. If the plot of land is not fenced the fencing will be the precondition for obtaining a co-financing tranche.

9. The maximum amount of funding allocated for one beneficiary must not exceed  500 000 GEL.

10. Funds for co-financing Nursery Gardens component can be used only for the following purposes.

1. purchasing virus-free seedlings;
2. purchasing intensive virus-free seedlings;
3. purchasing mobile laboratory equipment;
4. installation of modern irrigation system.
5. Arranging Greenhouse structures
6. Arrangement of storage refrigerates for seedlings
7. The purchase of special equipment for agricultural needs ( The list of special equipment for co-financing is defined by the agency along with LEPL "Agricultural Scientific and Research Center")  

11. Only those nurseries will be funded that produce the crops allowed under the co-financing component of perennial gardens .

Stages:

You should apply to a laboratory to take soil samples and carry out their laboratory analysis. You can apply to the following laboratories:

1. Soil and food diagnostic centre “Anaseuli”

Address: №9, Metsniereba str., Anaseuli, Ozurgeti;

Tel: 790-65-11-15; E-mail: zonaluri@mail.ru 

2. Multitest – a chemical laboratory of food and fossils testing

Address: №13, Didgori str., village Dighomi, Tbilisi

Tel: 214 48 48; E-mail: multitest@wanex.net 

3. Public and University Laboratory Centre of the Agrarian University of Georgia

Address: №240, David Aghmashenebeli Ave, Tbilisi

Tel:  591 67 68 58; 577 11 20 6; E-mail: t.urushadze@agruni.edu.ge

A laboratory employee will take samples on site and make their laboratory analysis (list of necessary analysis to be made);

Then submit an application (specifying the list of the plants to be planted in the garden) and the results of the laboratory analysis of the soil samples to the LEPL "Agricultural Scientific-Research Centre" for certifying compliance of the plot of land with the plants to be planted (application form may be downloaded here);

On the basis of the laboratory results the LEPL "Agricultural Scientific-Research Centre" will determine compliance of the plot of land with the plants to be planted, and issues a notice on the compliance or non-compliance of the plot of land with the plants to be planted;

Then apply to the agricultural information and consultation centre of your municipality for certification of cultivation of the plot of land (application form may be downloaded here);

A representative of the agricultural information and consultation centre will visit the plot of land and check the compliance of cultivation of the land and its water supply source with the criteria according to the established methodology (the cultivation criteria of the plot of land);

In case of the compliance with the criteria the centre will issue a notice on the cultivation and water supply source of the plot of land;

Fill in the standard application form (application form);

Submit the filled in application and the attached documents to the Agency (list fo the documents to be submitted); 

Remark: it is mandatory that at the stage of application presentation the documents should  be presented provided under the Provisions 1st,2nd,3rd,4th,5th,6th,7th,8th from application list. 

If the application presented together with enclosed documentation is in compliance with the conditions defined under the program, you shall receive the letter relating to the allowance of an application on the following stage.         

After the application’s  allowance to the following stage you should present the Project (Business-plan) elaborated in accordance of questionnaire implemented by the Agency (the questionnaire) and an enclosed documentation the preparation of dates, terms and conditions of which shall be specified at the letter concerning the allowance of the application  on the following stage.  

Remark: it is mandatory that at the Project presentation stage should be introduced the documents provided under the documentation list of 9th, 10th and 11th Provisions.

The Agency shall revise the Project and in case of its confirmation/refusal you shall receive the appropriate letter. 

In case of receipt of the project confirmation letter, the agreement shall be drawn-up regarding the co-financing issuance.