Issues of pasture management in Georgia were discussed at the Georgian Academy of Agricultural Sciences (GAAS)
Giorgi Misheladze, chairman of the National Agency for Sustainable Land Management and Land Use Monitoring, attended the session of the Agrarian Innovations Commission of the Georgian Academy of Agricultural Sciences.
Giorgi Misheladze addressed the current situation regarding pastures in Georgia, emphasizing that the most pressing issue on the agenda is their fragmentation and use without proper legal regulation. Agricultural plots of pasture category are either unregistered or registered without proper categorization.
The chairman of the agency spoke in detail about the "state program on access to state-owned pastures”. He shared the working mechanism of the program and discussed the current situation with the members of the commission.
Within the framework of the program, 2,647 plots of land each measuring 1 hectare or more and categorized as agricultural pastures, have been identified. These plots are registered in state ownership, totaling 113,157 hectares, based on information received from the National Agency of Public Registry (NAPR). Subsequently, following program procedures, approval was granted for leasing 234 pasture plots across Georgia, totaling 30,153 hectares. As of June 21, 2022, there have been 156 applications for program participation, expressing interest in a total of 11,670 hectares of pastures across 5 regions of Eastern Georgia. Information regarding leased pastures is available on the websites www.land.gov.ge and www.mepa.gov.ge.
Within the framework of the program, 33 agricultural plots of land, totaling 4,122 hectares, have been assigned the category of pasture. Furthermore, the purpose and category of 5 plots of land, exceeding 100 hectares and covering a total of 968 hectares, have been determined and registered under state ownership.
