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What price of grape is acceptable for Georgian farmers?

What price of grape is acceptable for Georgian farmers?
What price of grape is acceptable for Georgian farmers?

Farmers in Georgia's region of Kakheti state that the grape price must not be lower than 0.80 GEL. They praise the government subsidy and are afraid of the factories to misuse the power and offer meager prices to the people for the grape.

A resident of Telavi Municipality Vaso Shakarashvili says that if the grape price is less than 0.80 GEL, people will dig their vineyards out.

He says the government should be interested in the grape price and impose a limit to factories if required.

''There are rumors that we will have to sell grapes for 0.60 GEL, but we will not admit it… it is expensive to care for the vineyard. There are a lot of additional expenses we hardly cope with. Thus, the grape should give us even minimum benefit,'' Shakarashvili says, adding the subsidy will allegedly apply to the Rkatsiteli species of grape.

The grape price remains unknown yet. Opposition parties say it should be adequate for the farmers' work and equal at least 1.50 GEL.

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