Production of wheat decreased by 6.5% compared to the same period of the previous year and consisted of 146.6 thousand tons, - according to the preliminary data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).
According to the document, production of barley decreased by 26.9 percent year-on-year set 43.0 thousand tons. Production of maize equaled 189.8 thousand tons, which is 24.1 percent more than in the same period of the previous year.
According to the preliminary data, in 2023 sown areas of annual crops amounted to 205.2 thousand hectares, which is 4.9 percent less than the same period of the previous year. However sown area of winter crops decreased by 3.7% and amounted to 64.6 thousand hectares and sown
areas of spring crops decreased by 5.5% and consisted of 140.5 thousand hectares.
Sown area of maize took the biggest share in the sown areas of annual crops and equaled 75.4 thousand hectares. Sown area of wheat was 56.7 thousand hectares, sown area of barley – 22.4 thousand hectares, sown area of potato – 16.2 thousand hectares, sown areas of fodder crops –
13.2 thousand hectares, sown area of vegetables – 10.2 thousand hectares and sown areas of the remaining crops 11.1 thousand hectares.
