Eligibility Criteria for Potential Beneficiaries

Beneficiary - A citizen of Georgia, an adult natural person, or a legal/natural person registered as an entrepreneur in Georgia (including an agricultural cooperative) where the state does not own a share/interest/stock, who has signed a contract, and whose land plot is provided with water under the rehabilitated Upper Rioni irrigation system and the G1-G32 distribution channels of the right main canal of Lower Samgori, funded by the International Development Association of the World Bank as part of the “Irrigation and Land Market Development Project in Georgia,” as confirmed by a water supply contract with LLC “Georgian Amelioration”/a certificate issued by LLC “Georgian Amelioration” regarding the water supply of the land plot/a certificate on membership in a water users’ organization.

The agricultural land plot where the project will be implemented must be registered as the property of the beneficiary at the National Agency of Public Registry of the LEPL or/and must have been leased from the state/municipal authority (the remaining lease period must be no less than 5 years at the time of application to the agency, and the lease agreement must be registered at the National Agency of Public Registry of the LEPL), and must not be under seizure or mortgage (only mortgages from commercial banks registered in Georgia are allowed).

A potential beneficiary or/and their founder/shareholder/stockholder/unit holder will not be eligible for co-financing under the program if they hold a share/stock/interest in a company registered in Georgia that supplies goods/services or performs construction work under the program.

A potential beneficiary must not have any tax debt to the state budget (except in cases where payment of tax debt has been deferred by the state or the obligation to pay has been suspended by law).

In the case of co-financing for agricultural attachments, the potential beneficiary must own or/and have the right to lease agricultural machinery.

A potential beneficiary of the program must be registered in the registry maintained within the framework of the "Farm/ Farmers Registration Project."