On June 8, 2019, the president of Georgian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Academician Guram Aleksidze, Academic- Secretary E. Shapakidze and Academician A. Vashakidze, Consultant of Scientific Academic Department , attended the Seminar “ Georgian wheat and its future perspectives” organized by the Company “Lomtagora”.

           The following persons participated in the event: G. Jhorjholiani, member of Georgian Parliament, Levan Davitashvili, Minister of Environment and Agriculture, G. Khanishvili, the first Deputy Minister of Environment and Agriculture, also the representatives of agricultural sciences, farmers, and experienced plant selection specialists.

The Company “Lomtagora” has been offering to the local farmers wheat and corn pedigree seed material - first category and super elite species.

The Company claims to reach international standards regarding wheat crop per hectare, today, it equals to 6.0.6.5 tons per hectare which is a significant achievement for our country.

The guests inspected different wheat species in the field and agrotechnical means of crop growing. Dr. Kakha Lashkhi, the founder of the Company, Irakli Rekhviashvili, wheat specialist and Zurab Jinjikhadze and Zaur Chulukhidze, wheat selection specialists provided all necessary information round the problem and answered the questions.

Today, “Lomtagora” tries to introduce new technologies, which means that wheat is sown on 1.05 meter width seedbeds. Standard space between the rows is 0,75m., this technology is studied by the members of Georgian Academy ( Acad. G. Margvelashvili, Acad. O. Liparteliani, and others).

The idea of abovementioned technology belongs to Dr. Kakha Lashkhi, the founder of the Company “Lomtagora”. Also, It should be mentioned, that in the result of implementation of new technology, crop amount per hectare has increased and reached 5-6 tons per ha and it may grow and reach 8.0 tons per hectare.  

From the company’s testing plots, the guests moved to the conference hall. After interesting presentation delivered by Dr. K. Lashkhi, the honorable guests of the meeting took part in the discussion.

A number of people participated in the meeting, namely, G. Jhorjholiani, a member of Georgian Parliament, G. Aleksidze, the President of GAAS, Levan Davitashvili, Minister of Environment and Agriculture, G. Khanishvili, the First Deputy Minister of Environment and Agriculture, also the representatives of agricultural sciences, farmers, and experienced plant selection specialists. Irakli Rekhviashvili, wheat specialist and Zurab Jinjikhadze and Zaur Chulukhidze, wheat selection specialists and the company’s staff members also took part in the discussion.

           At the end of the meeting, Academician G. Aleksidze invited the participants to take part in the International Conference organized by GAAS “Cultural Wheat in European countries and Georgia as one of the place of origin” which will be held on October 2-5, 2019, with financial support of Shota Rustaveli national Foundation.