In Spring 2013, two Members of Parliament, Gigla Agulashvili, Chair of the Agricultural Issues Committee and Zurab Tkemaladze, Chair of the Sector Economy and Economic Policy Committee drafted a ban on all non-Georgian citizens (including Georgian entities with a foreign minority shareholders – “foreigners”) from purchasing or inheriting agricultural land. The ban has been in effect since June 2013 and will expire in December 2014. Prior to this decision, there were several minor protests by Georgian farmers against foreign landowners….
