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Otar Shamugia meets local farmers in the Shida Kartli region
The Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture Mr. Otar Shamugia together with the First Deputy Minister Mr. George Khanishvili, State Representative in the Shida Kartli region Mr. Mikheil Shakulashvili and Mayor of Gori Mr. Vladimir Khinchegashvili paid a visit to the village of Dzevera, Gori Municipality, where state officials met with the local farmers and inspected the farm of the "Agrokartli" company.Â
"We met with the farmers in the Shida Kartli region to provide information about the program ‘’ Promoting the Sale of Non-standard Apples", during the meeting we discussed supporting mechanisms implemented by the state for the development of all production links in agriculture.
 Within the projects and through our support, more than a hundred storage farms were built across the country, which allow farmers to store their harvest in compliance with modern standards and deliver their products to the market throughout the year", said Mr. Otar Shamugia.
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It should be mentioned, that"Agrokartli" is a beneficiary company of the Rural Development Agency; In 2017, the company received co-financing of GEL 96,816 for planting an apple orchard on 10 hectares of agricultural land area and also benefited from a preferential agri-credit. "Agrokartli" has invested GEL 1.6 million to set up a cold storage farm, including a GEL 600,000 grant from the Rural Development Agency, and a preferential agro credit exceeding GEL 800,000; The cold storage warehouse has the capacity to store500 tonnes of apples.