In 2015, the wheat harvest in Georgia to triple - Ministry of Agriculture

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According to preliminary estimations of the Ministry of Agriculture of Georgia, in 2015 the country will produce 166 thsd tonnes of wheat, as opposed to 50.2 thsd tonnes last year.

Favorable weather conditions, as well as "proper selection of seed material and usage of modern agricultural machinery”, will cause breaking of the reporting grain production record in the current year.

In particular, in the region of Kakheti the planted areas under wheat totaled 35 thsd ha. The harvest volumes will reach 118.4 thsd tonnes.

According to the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat), in 2014 the country produced 434.5 thsd tonnes of grains, down 10% compared with the previous year. In particular, agrarians produced 347.2 thsd tonnes of corn, and 31.5 thsd tonnes of barley.

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