Cooperative “Nergebi” of the village “Lesia” in Lanchkhuti district holds a successful nursery farm. The members of the “Nergebi” had a great deal of work together. Since 2014, farmers have continued to work as an Agricultural Cooperative and get support from the project.
“Nergebi” is a mixed type of nursery farm. The cooperative produces decorative, evergreen, and fruit trees. The cooperative has a great deal of experience in producing windstorm plants, alpine wood, cypress, cryptomeria. The demand for windstorms and green plants is growing and the cooperative is trying to expand in this direction. The cooperative also produces berries: strawberries, blueberries, tapeworm. In addition, the cooperative is engaged in the production of vegetable crops.
Every summer, the 500 m2 greenhouse is used to produce cucumbers. In winter the greenhouse is engaged in different seedlings in order to make the seedlings easier to move into winter. “Nergebi” also produces decorative plants – this is an incomplete list of plants that cooperative offers to potential clients.
Cooperative “Nergebi” was one of the first cooperatives in Guria, who got support from the project. “Under the cooperative conditions, our business continued with more energy. We felt that there was help from outside.” Cooperative members have increased knowledge in terms of management, accounting, and marketing. The previous season “nergebi” successfully passed, the number of seedlings raised and the revenue received from sales significantly increased compared to previous years.
The leader of the “Nergebi” tells us about the joint work in the cooperative: “We often compare work separately with joint work in the cooperative. The difference is that the work in the cooperative is divided, with all members doing their work. Purchasing materials and poison chemicals for cooperatives jointly can be done on the wholesale market, transportation is united and it significantly reduces our expenses. The Cooperative has made us aware of our group’s awareness. In the end, the cooperative “nergebi” became one of the best cooperatives in Guria.
In the future cooperative is going to work in several directions: “nergebi” is already registered, but their goal is to become a certified nursery, which will increase their income and introduce more people to their work.