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Mon, 08 Feb 2021

Tea plantation rehabilitation programme

From February 8 2021, accepting applications for the state program of Georgian tea has been resumed.
 
Programme objectives
 
  • Maximum use of Georgian tea potential and promotion of high-quality tea production, including production of bio (organic) tea. As a result, Raising self-sufficiency and export capacity.
  • Privately owned as well as state owned abandoned tea plantations will be rehabilitated and tea primary processing modern enterprises will be established under this project.
  • Increase Employment rate and improvement of socio-economic state of population.
  • Promotion of modern Tea primary processing enterprises.
 
Conditions of the programme
 
  • Within the scope of this programme, the Agency shall provide co-financing of the rehabilitation works for the tea plantations owned by the programme beneficiary* and/or by the State.
  • Programme will finance rehabilitation works under the following conditions: In the amount of 60% of the cost of the rehabilitation works for tea plantation(s) owned by the programme beneficiary (except for agricultural cooperatives), In the amount of 70% of the cost of the rehabilitation works* for state-owned tea plantation(s)* received on lease by the programme beneficiary (except for agricultural cooperatives).
  • Programme will finance rehabilitation works under the following conditions: In the amount of 80% of the cost of the rehabilitation works for tea plantation(s) owned by the agricultural cooperatives, In the amount of 90 % of the cost of the rehabilitation works* for state-owned tea plantation(s).
  • The Agency shall transfer the ownership of primary tea leaf processing machinery, equipment and inventory free of any charge to an agricultural cooperative.
  • The rehabilitation cost shall not exceed 2 500 GEL (including VAT) per one hectare. If the cost of the rehabilitation exceeds 2 500 GEL, financing will be based on the same amount per 1 ha.
  • Co-financing of the rehabilitation works will be carried out only in the company selected by the agency will be among the companies performing rehabilitation works.
  • Tea plantation(s) owned by the programme beneficiary*(except for agricultural cooperatives) or selected by the Program beneficiary and to be received on lease from the State, which is(are) subject to rehabilitation, shall not be less than 5 ha and more than 300 ha.
  • Programme beneficiary (except for the agricultural cooperative has to obtain a time plan for the construction/expansion of tea leaf processing enterprise, but the agricultural cooperative has to obtain a time plan for the building construction/expansion.
  • Agency will implement the program for beneficiaries in technical assistance in tea processing technology, certification, marketing, creating sales channels etc.
 
The list of works to be implemented for the rehabilitation of tea plantations in the frames of the programme:
 
  • clearing the tea plantation (of trees, metal and concrete debris, foreign objects);
  • heavy and regeneratory pruning of the plantation;
  • arrangement of drainage channel (a drainage channel may be arranged before the heavy or regeneratory pruning of the plantation);
  • inter-row tillage/loosening (topsoil tillage to 15-20 cm depth);
  • purchase of fertilizers and agricultural products (including bio) in the first year.

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