
agriculture Georgia
In pictures: Horses not tractors in Javakheti’s potato fields
Three young people from the village of Khaveti, in southern Georgia’s Akhalkalaki Municipality, work in the village of Bavra as seasonal workers. Their main tool is a horse, which they use to till the potato beds in the fields of Bavra. As the time for sowing potatoes in Akhalkalaki approaches, people hurry to till the land. In Bavra, people prefer to do this with the help of a horse. Knowing this, Hovsep, Artur, and Suren have been working in the village of Bavra for a week now, t