{"id":129939,"date":"2026-01-26T22:22:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T18:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/?p=129939"},"modified":"2026-01-26T22:22:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T18:22:32","slug":"agriculture-minister-highlights-potential-for-lower-prices-and-greater-entry-of-georgian-agrifood-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/en\/agriculture-minister-highlights-potential-for-lower-prices-and-greater-entry-of-georgian-agrifood-products\/","title":{"rendered":"Agriculture Minister highlights potential for lower prices and greater entry of Georgian agrifood products"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe meeting with local producers was particularly significant and insightful. Several key issues were highlighted, foremost among them the potential to reduce prices for local products and to enhance the integration of Georgian agrifood items into organised distribution networks, a crucial factor,\u201d stated Davit Songhulashvili, Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s discussion once again underscores the opportunities available to local producers: on the one hand, to increase domestic production of agrifood products, and on the other, to lower prices. Overall, these developments will undoubtedly have a positive impact on the citizens of our country,\u201d added Songhulashvili.<\/p>\n<p>Today, Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze met with Georgian producers within the framework of the Cross-Government Coordination Commission on Food Prices. 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