Реферат Private sector and human-resource development in Georgia

of production (Table 4, Figure 3). The nature of tea also means that the producers are much more dependent on the processors than are, say, owners of vineyards. Homemade wine is a reasonable and widely practiced option for primary producers; homemade tea is not.

During 1994-2001 Georgia was a net exporter of tea, although it also was a substantial importer and the balance of trade appears to be turning against Georgia (Table 5, Figure 4). In the early and mid 1990s the major importers of Georgian tea were in the FSU, but since 1997 geographic coverage has widened as processors developed new markets. Exports of Georgia tea to US, Germany, and Poland show an increase (Table 6).

Tea remains an important cash crop among rural households in most of West Georgia. The share of households in total tealeaf production in 1999 was 43 percent, in 2000, 34 percent, and 93 percent in 2001 (Table 7).

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Table 1. Land under Tea Plantations, 2001

Region

District

Total
Agricultural Land, ha

Total Area under
Tea Plantations,

ha

Area of ​​Tea
Plantations
Damaged, ha

Area of ​​Usable
Plantations,

ha

Percent of Plantations
Damaged,%

Share of the
Region in total agricultural land of Georgia

Area of ​​Land
under Tea as Percent of Total Agricultural Land in Region

Ajara

Regional Total

9590

5,518

1,674

3,844

30%

1.70

58

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Samegrelo

Zugdidi

10,169

5,061

654

4,407

13%

1.80