are imported.
Agricultural production in Georgia dropped sharply in 2000 due to a serious drought. WFP/FAO Crop and Food Supply Assessment mission carried out in mid-August 2000 estimates that Georgia will face a severe food crisis due to the drought. This situation is being exacerbated by on-going serious economic problems.
After droughts, agricultural production showed a slight increase of 5.6 percent in 2001, however the share of agricultural output in GDP dropped from 21 percent in 2000 to 19.2 percent in 2001.
During the present year, USAID has launched a five year program, called Support Value Added Enterprise (SAVE) that will promote economic growth through expanded production and sales of added-value agricultural products on international markets. Through this program the US government will support agriculture development through market expansion, standards on organic food production, distribution, improved credit and whole-chain food distribution networks.
Key Agriculture Indicators .
Agricultural output per hectare of agricultural land and per capita (US $)
Year
Per 1 ha of agricultural land
Per capita
1990
1195
725
1995
481
272
1996
539
302
1997
583
328
1998
531
301
1999
435
285
Source: Georgian Agriculture 1999
Agriculture in GDP
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
29,7
41,7
31,0
