Economy
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4 years ago
Farmers to Pick about 55,000 tons of Hazelnuts in 2020
Farmers in Samegrelo Region have started picking hazelnuts. First Deputy Agriculture Minister Giorgi Khanishvili has visited the hazelnuts drying facility of the Georgian Hazelnuts Grower Association and hazelnuts processing enterprise GeoNuts.
As the Agriculture Ministry reports, the hazelnuts processing enterprises have already bought and stored the first part of the harvest and the products will be exported abroad in several days.
“Efforts by the Agriculture Ministry, local self-government and farmers have brought real results. The first part of the hazelnut harvest, in the form of hazelnut, will be exported to Germany. The valuable hazelnut production chain is an evident sample of how Agriculture should be developed. Farmers take due salaries and this is the guarantee to grow the interest, pick a high-quality product, care for production growth and success”, Giorgi Khanishvili said.
Farmers expect to pick 50-55 thousand tons of hazelnut in 2020.