Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia

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With the state's financial support, a grain storage facility opens in Samtredia.

With the financial support of the EU-Georgia "Integrated Development Program of Pilot Regions," Company "Kailashi" opened a grain storage enterprise in Samtredia, the Imereti region.

The Deputy Georgian Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture, Mr. Tengiz Nasaridze; the Deputy Minister of Regional Development and Infrastructure, Mrs.  Mzia Giorgobiani; the State Representative of Imereti Region, Mr. Zviad Shalamberidze and Mayor of Samtredia, Mr. Davit Bakhtadze inspected the facility.

The company "Kailashi" received a loan of GEL 450,000 within the "Integrated Development Program of Pilot Regions" to set up a modern storage facility, with the Rural Development Agency funding 270,000 GEL.

The enterprise will store up to 1 000 tonnes of grains produced and collected by the company "Kailashi" LLC and local farmers. The company employs eight people.

"Imereti region takes one of the essential places in the "integrated development program of pilot regions." Within the program, the storage infrastructure created in Samtredia will contribute to the smooth storage and further sale of crops in the region", - noted Mr. Tengiz Nasaridze, Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture.
 

According to the Deputy Minister of Regional Development and Infrastructure, Mrs. Mzia Giorgobiani, local enterprises should be supported for developing regions, and the EU-Georgia "Integrated Development Program of Pilot Regions" is crucial in this respect.

The EU-Georgia "Pilot Regions Integrated Development Program" is implemented by the Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure and implemented by the Rural Development Agency of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture in four pilot regions of Georgia - Imereti, Kakheti, Guria and Racha-Lechkhum-Kvemo Svaneti. The third component of the program aims to promote small and medium-sized businesses, which means the creation of new enterprises and the expansion or retooling of existing enterprises.

Within the framework of the program, 48 enterprises were financed throughout Georgia.
The approved loan amounted to GEL 32.6 million, of which the Rural Development Agency co-financing exceeded GEL 19.2 million.