Editing Economy of Georgia (country) (section)

=== Agriculture ===
{{Main|Agriculture in Georgia (country)}}

Currently, about 55% of the total labor force is employed in agriculture, though much of this is [[Subsistence agriculture|subsistence farming]].<ref>[http://www.investingeorgia.org/sectors/agriculture/ Main Indicators of Agriculture Development] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080929142430/http://www.investingeorgia.org/sectors/agriculture/ |date=2008-09-29}} investingeorgia.org</ref>

Georgian agricultural production is beginning to recover following the devastation caused by the civil unrest and the necessary restructuring following the breakup of the Soviet Union. Livestock production is beginning to rebound, although it continues to be confronted by minor and sporadic disease outbreaks. Domestic grain production is increasing, and the government invests in improvement of  infrastructure improvements to ensure appropriate distribution and revenues to farmers. Tea, hazelnut and citrus production have suffered greatly as a result of the conflict in Abkhazia, a crucial area for planting the latter crops.

Approximately 7% of the Georgian GDP (2011) is generated by the agrarian sector.

[[Viticulture]] and winemaking are the most important fields of Georgia's agriculture. Over 450 species of local vine are bred in Georgia, and the country is considered as one of the oldest places of producing top-quality wines in the world. Russia was traditionally the biggest export market for [[Georgian wine]]. This, however, changed in 2006, when Russia banned imports of wine and mineral water from Georgia, preceded by statements of Georgian governmental officials about low quality requirements of the Russian market.<ref>[http://www.aif.ru/online/aif/1331/02_05] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312234413/http://www.aif.ru/online/aif/1331/02_05|date=March 12, 2007}}</ref> Since then Georgian wine producers have struggled to maintain output and break into new markets.

In 2011 Georgia sold wine in total amount of 54 mln USD in 48 countries and alcoholic beverages in total amount of 68 mln USD in 32 countries.  Vines and  alcoholic beverages are in the top 10 export commodity's list with 2,5% and 3.1% share respectively.<ref name="External Trade">{{cite web|url=http://geostat.ge/index.php?action=page&p_id=137&lang=eng%7ctitle=GeoStat.Ge%7cwork=geostat.ge|title=GeoStat.Ge|access-date=3 March 2015}}</ref>
According to National Wine Agency of Georgia, export of Georgian wine is increasing. 2011 wine export is 109% higher than 2007 exports. According to 2012 information, Georgia trades wine with 43 countries, selling over 23 million bottles. Biggest export partners for Georgia in wine industry are Ukraine (47.3% of wine export), Kazakhstan (18.9%) and Belarus (6.9%).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nwa.gov.ge/page/153/geo/42-gradusi.htm|title=::N W A|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307022237/http://nwa.gov.ge/page/153/geo/42-gradusi.htm|archive-date=2016-03-07}}</ref>
In 2011 export of vines, mineral waters and alcoholic beverages exceeded export of all years after 2006. 
Georgia is rich with spring waters and production of mineral waters is one of the main spheres of industry. Export of mineral waters in 2011 amounted to 48 mln USD in 35 countries. Share of mineral water in total export is 2.1%.<ref name="External Trade"/>
Food processing industry is developing to align with the primary agricultural production and export of processed products is increasing year by year. Export of nuts constituted about 6% of Georgian export (2011) and is among 10 top export commodity list with total amount of 130 mln USD. Nuts was exported in 53 countries.<ref name="External Trade"/>

Rural population as a percentage of total population in Georgia was 48.2% in 2011 and decreased to 46.3%  in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://geostat.ge/index.php?action=page&p_id=428&lang=eng%7ctitle=GeoStat.Ge|title=GeoStat.Ge|access-date=3 March 2015}}</ref>

In 2018, in addition to smaller productions of other agricultural products,<ref>[https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QC Georgia production in 2018, by FAO]</ref> Georgia had produced:
* 259 thousand tons of [[grape]];
* 237 thousand tons of [[potato]];
* 194 thousand tons of [[maize]];
* 107 thousand tons of [[wheat]];
* 82 thousand tons of [[apple]];
* 62 thousand tons of [[tangerine]];
* 57 thousand tons of [[barley]];
* 57 thousand tons of [[watermelon]];
* 51 thousand tons of [[tomato]];
* 33 thousand tons of [[cucumber]];
* 27 thousand tons of [[peach]].