Georgian PM: Agriculture is able not only feed this country, but also have export potential

12:10, 10.06.2020

During the meeting with farmers in the village of Nikozi, Prime Minister of Georgia, Giorgi Gakharia stressed the special importance of agriculture.

The Prime Minister of Georgia pointed out that “agriculture is a field that is able, in some ways, not only feed this country, but also have export potential.”

PM mentioned the Minister of Agriculture who “managed to stock up on some products as export suspended amid pandemic.”

The Prime Minister also spoke about the problems existing in agriculture: “Lands are very fragmented, in some places, there is a water supply problem, knowledge problem as well, there are a lot of problems, but we have to move slowly.”

Giorgi Gakharia noted that “agriculture should be industrialized, it will not happen in one day, but local farmer Giorgi Mchedlidze is a good example of this.”

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