The Ministry of Agriculture held a presentation of Environmental Protection and Rural Development 2030.

The Head of Government thanked the Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture, and his team, for their work and wished them success.

“In the course of the past 8 years, the volume of the Government’s investments in agriculture has amounted to about GEL 2 billion. In addition, the private sector has also invested about a billion in this area. In line with our ambitious plan, the cumulative investments made by the Government and the private sector in agriculture will amount to GEL 7 billion in coming years. Consequently, we expect progress to be more inclusive. Our key task must be to employ as many citizens as possible and engage them in agriculture. Of course, we intend to develop and empower our regions. Also, one of our key objectives and starting points is to ensure our country’s greater self-sufficiency. As you know, we import a number of products. We are not against import, of course, but we too can increase our domestic production, the reason why we are presenting these programs ensuring greater engagement from our citizens and greater inclusiveness”, - said Irakli Garibashvili.

Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture stated that a large-scale financing program for agricultural mechanization will start this year, with its value making up GEL 50 million.

“This program will enjoy GEL 50 million from the state, to enable us to engage thousands of our fellow citizens and farmers. And this means that the program will have almost 6,000 beneficiaries, with at least 2 new pieces of agricultural machinery per village. We will mobilize about GEL 120 million in financial resources for agricultural equipment. It will be an unprecedented state investment in the course of a year, one tailored to suit the needs of concrete farmers, our citizens, who will choose equipment best suited to be put to good use by them”, - added Levan Davitashvili.