Current challenges of grocery market and key directions of development of agriculture in Georgia

Abstract

The work deals with the need to substantiate topicality of research of grocery market and key directions of development of agriculture. The conclusion is made which states that the level of productivity in Georgian agriculture is low. Based on the analysis, causes of low productivity of the industry and low level of development of grocery markets is assessed: low level of competitiveness of agricultural products, impediments for Georgian products to enter grocery markets, underdeveloped grocery supply chain, absence of usage of modern technologies and technological opportunities in agricultural sector, small share in the budget for funding agriculture, incomplete and ambiguous regulatory laws, low level of compatibility with legislation of international markets, underdeveloped system of insurance in agriculture etc. Strengths and weaknesses of development of Georgian agriculture are revealed through SWOT analysis, as well as opportunities and threats. Factors of low pace in development of agriculture and limited opportunities for farmers on grocery markets are determined by the "quality of urgency-impact" matrix, by using the scheme of priorities, needs of priority development of agriculture are revealed. Conclusions and recommendations are suggested as a result of the research concerning current challenges of grocery markets and needs of priority development of Georgian agriculture.

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“…Agriculture is a traditional sector and it has always played an important role in economic and social development of Georgia (Paresashvili & Damenia, 2019;Chitaladze, 2016). But underdeveloped grocery supply chain, absence of usage of modern technologies and technological opportunities in agricultural sector, small share in the budget for funding agriculture, incomplete and ambiguous regulatory laws, low level of compatibility with legislation of international markets, underdeveloped system of insurance in agriculture are still the problems in this sector (Gechbaia et al, 2019;Kinkladze, 2015). Also, Food safety and protecting the phyto-sanitarian regulations are being attached great importance especially today as the space of economic integration into European Union is systematically increasing, also the share of the member countries of European Union in export and import is increasing and the food products take up more space in the import products (Abesadze et al, 2021).…”

Current challenges of grocery market and key directions of development of agriculture in Georgia

“…Strengthening political support, compliance with laws regulating international markets , 9-10 May 2019, pp. 52-60 DOI: 10.22616/ESRD.2019 Improving the supply chain will also significantly contribute to functioning grocery markets.…”

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“…Agriculture is a traditional sector and it has always played an important role in economic and social development of Georgia [5]. But underdeveloped grocery supply chain, absence of usage of modern technologies and technological opportunities in agricultural sector, small share in the budget for funding agriculture, incomplete and ambiguous regulatory laws, low level of compatibility with legislation of international markets, underdeveloped system of insurance in agriculture are still the problems in this sector [6][7]. Also, Food safety and protecting the phyto-sanitarian regulations are being attached great importance especially today as the space of economic integration into European Union is systematically increasing, also the share of the member countries of European Union in export and import is increasing and the food products take up more space in the import products [8].…”