. Getting organic super early potatoes in the foothills of Imereti.
2022
Author: Tamaz Kobakhidze
Supervisor: Assoc. Professor Koba Kobaladze
Summary
The main goal of the project was to obtain super early potatoes and to obtain sustainable additional income for the local population; As a rule, potatoes in the region are grown in open ground and work begins in the spring; An experiment was carried out: potatoes were sown in the period free from production (dead), in January, in a closed ground - before the production of the main crop tomatoes; The first signs of germination were received in April - tubers the size of chicken eggs on one stem, at the same time 15 to 20 small tubers grew on a 40 cm stem. The harvest of early potatoes was obtained with a ratio of about 1:6, that is, 6 times more than the amount of planting potatoes, 200 sq. 300 kg of highly competitive super early potatoes were obtained per m (the market price of a kilo of potatoes is 6-7 GEL on average). Potatoes were harvested under natural conditions, and due to the absence of pests and diseases during the winter period, plant protection preparations were not used, and for nutrition, contact foliar feeding without roots was activated using the preparation Organica (producer Georgian company "Bio-Agro"); From the point of view of economic, ecological and social sustainability, the farm fully meets the rules of the Resolution #198 of the Government of Georgia "On Bioproduction".
2021-23
Author: Guga Saralidze
Supervisor: Assoc. Professor Koba Kobaladze
Summary
The aim of the project was to study the technology of organic wine production. Organic wine is the product of the future. In a trial plot, organic plant protection products, fertilizers and marketing techniques were tested and compared with the old traditional technology. The difficulties associated with the production of organic products were analyzed: the substitution of poison-chemicals, the time required to obtain the desired result and the components for assessing sustainability; Environmental impact, economic efficiency and impact on the social sphere.
The obtained results are spread to the neighboring farms and it is possible to spread it throughout the region and Georgia.