Sakire, 2013
Sakire is a small mountaineus village surrounded by massive forest range where agriculture and timber processing are the main activities. The village has a herd of 3000 heads in possesition (up to 10 heads per family) grazed on 400 ha
summer pastures at Kodiani mountain fields, 7km away from the settlement. Cattle is the main source of income generation for locals and is taken special care of by the community. For this very reason, a newly created Community Based Organization (CBO) of Sakire was charged with arrangement of cattle watering troughs shorthly after successful completion of potable water system rehabilitation, both implemented within the framework of Community Developoment Initiative (CDI4) funded by BP and its partners.
Arali, 2012
Arali is traditionally known for its fruit orchards laid out along the river Kvabliani as well as potato production and these are the source of income for majority of local residents. Settled territory is rather densely populated
compared to most of the Community Development Initiative West (CDI) villages and local farmers cultivate agri-products at plots of arable land located on the outskirts of the village.
Such environment fosters truly diversified demand for CDI4 assistance and the village is already benefiting from most of the programโs components (Infrastructure Rehabilitation, On-Farm Demonstration, Start-up Business, Farmers Association Samtskhe).
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Ivlita, 2013
Ivlita, alike other villages in the region depends on agriculture for living. Its location allows acess to 300 hectares of land, of which, 240 hectares are pastures - where villagers graze 140 heads of cattle. Average arable plot
in posession of one household is a hectare or less, with few exceptions, which puts majority of villagers in subsistence.
Regional Development Association (RDA) assisted a three-member group of farmers in spring 2012 to arrange a 0.1 ha On-Farm Demonstration of vegetables but the plot was destroyed by severe hail in July, before harvest.
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FROM PEASANT TO FARMER
Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline, running through two of the Georgiaโs southern regions of Kvemo Kartli and Samskhe-Javakheti, remains to be the Georgiaโs most voluminous investment since its independence from the Soviet Union.
Alike the investment, the dimension of social assistance rendered by any private company in the country is yet to be matched to that of BP
Both of the regions aligning the pipeline route distinguish with especially fertile soils and therefore agriculture is the main source of income for locals.
CDI women - transforming wedding traditions into business advantage
A story of Tamar Tsiskarishvili, a start-up grant recipient within CDI who set up a wool processing business in village of Klde
The idea of starting wool business came to Ms. Tamar Tsikarishvili when she saw piles of sheared wool being thrown away in her own 70 head sheep farm. Although wool processing is not traditional to the region, she decided to risk and teamed up with her colleague Tsira Bluashvili to apply for a $2000 matching start-up grant.
