By the decree of the Government of Georgia, the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture's Rural Development Agency has established a special assistance program to provide financial support to beneficiaries affected by the heavy snowfall in February 2025 in the regions of Imereti and Guria.

Tornike Kapanadze, Head of the Project Management and Technical Assistance Department of the Rural Development Agency, speaks about the program

With the changes made to the Co-financing Program for Harvesting Agricultural Machinery, the total amount of co-financing provided by the Rural Development Agency for the purchase of harvesting agricultural machinery has increased from 150,000 GEL to 250,000 GEL.

During the current season, 45,380 hazelnut farmers were allocated agro-points worth 15.8 million GEL to carry out pest and disease control measures in hazelnut orchards across 31,673 hectares. Over 6.2 million GEL has already been redeemed at specialized agro-stores.

Applications will be accepted starting July 8 at 12:00 PM and will continue until the program's budget of 5 million GEL is fully allocated.

The Director of the Rural Development Agency, Giorgi Darchia, talks about international exhibitions in the TV program "Business Partner"

As part of the events dedicated to Georgia's Independence Day, the Rural Development Agency of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture hosted citizens at the central square in the city of Telavi.

With the support of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture and organized by the Rural Development Agency, ten Georgian companies—“Natsji,” “Kula,” “Aromaproduct,” “May 2020,” “Kampa,” “Wellington,” “Kareli Fruit,” “Cooperative Ruispiri - Winemaking Ikalto,” “Achinebuli,” and “Green Gold”—participated in the exhibition held in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in the city of Amsterdam.

According to the decision made at the Government of Georgia session, farmers benefiting from the state agro-insurance program in villages adjacent to the occupation dividing line will receive increased co-financing.

With the support of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture and organized by the Rural Development Agency, seven Georgian companies presented their agricultural products at the international agricultural exhibition “CASPIAN AGRO 2025” held in Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan.

On May 15, under the Co-financing of Processing and Storage Enterprises project, within the framework of co-financing for new storage enterprises, 15 applications worth 5 million GEL were received as a result of the announced registration. Among them, 10 applications worth 3.5 million GEL were positively evaluated.

The Rural Development Agency continues to provide financial support for the establishment of new storage and processing enterprises this year as part of the Co-financing of Processing and Storage Enterprises project.