BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 15
By Tamilla Mammadova – Trend:
By decision of the Georgian government, persons involved in agricultural activities will be able to buy diesel fuel needed for agricultural work, 1 lari (31 cents) cheaper than market price, Trend reports with reference to the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture.
For this purpose, a cooperation agreement between the Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture of Georgia and SOCAR Georgia Petroleum was signed.
The document provides for the supply of fuel to farmers on preferential terms.
The memorandum was signed by Minister of Agriculture of Georgia Levan Davitashvili and Director of SOCAR Georgia Petroleum Levan Giorgadze.
“SOCAR Georgia Petroleum offered diesel fuel to Georgian farmers at the lowest price. Our farmers will receive high-quality diesel fuel, which is important for carrying out their wor and for agricultural development. We hope that the program will be successfully implemented,” Davitashvili said.
According to him, individuals and legal entities owning a plot of agricultural land with an area of at least 0.25 ha will be able to get diesel fuel at a reduced price. This site must be registered in the National Public Registry Agency.
As part of the program, farmers will be given discount fuel cards. The limit of diesel fuel per 1 hectare of land will be 150 liters, and for a plot of agricultural land with an area of more than 100 hectares - 15,000 liters.
During the current year, farmers participating in this program will be able to buy the required amount of diesel fuel by 20 tetri (6 cents) cheaper than the price fixed in the consolidated tender, at wholesale stores of SOCAR Georgia Petroleum, and at the company's gas stations with a discount of 16 tetri (5 cents).
“The issuance of fuel cards will be carried out in the regional services of the Agency for Development of Rural and Agricultural Enterprises of Georgia and other places. In Adjara, cards will be issued at municipal centers. More than 200,000 farmers will be able to get diesel at a reduced price. In total, they will be able to save about 40 million lari [$12.5 million],” Davitashvili said.
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