Giorgi Khitarishvili anayamba kulima mbatata ndi makolo ake ali ndi zaka zisanu. Panthaŵiyo banja lake linali ku Val, Akhaltsikhe, kum’mwera chakumadzulo kwa Georgia. Tsopano Khitarishvili wazaka 25 ndi mlimi wachinyamata wodziwika bwino ku Georgia yemwe wapeza ndalama zambiri komanso kuchita bwino pakulima mbatata.
“Chaka chino mitengo ya mbatata ndiyokwera kwambiri kuposa zaka zam’mbuyomu. Kulima mbatata ndi mwayi wabwino wabizinesi mdera lathu, "akutero Georgy. Mlimi wachinyamatayu adakolola mbatata yokwana matani 1,5 kuchokera pamalo okwana mahekitala 50 nyengo yatha.
Giorgi Khitarishvili ndi mmodzi mwa anthu angapo omwe adapindula ndi USAID Georgia Potato Program, pulogalamu ya zaka zitatu yothandizidwa ndi International Potato Center (CIP). Cholinga cha pulogalamuyi ndikukulitsa ulimi wa mbatata mdziko muno kudzera mumitundu yabwino, umisiri waluso komanso kuchuluka kwandalama.
Kuti apeze zokolola zochititsa chidwi, Khitarishvili adakula mitundu ingapo ya mbatata (kuphatikiza Arizona, Picasso ndi Monaliza). Anabzalanso mbewu za Meskhuri Tsiteli ndi Tskriala zomwe zinaperekedwa ndi USAID.
Khitarishvili adatenga nawo gawo pamisonkhano yophunzitsira za mbatata ndi akatswiri a CIP, omwe adapereka malingaliro atsopano kuti awonjezere zokolola poletsa kufalikira kwa tizirombo ndi matenda.
Mlimi wachinyamatayu watsala pang'ono kulowa nawo gulu la alimi a mbatata omwe angopangidwa kumene, omwenso ndi gawo la pulogalamu ya USAID. Akukonzekera kupitiliza kukulitsa luso lake komanso chidziwitso chokhudza kulima mbatata.
Banja la a Khitarishvili likuyembekezera mwachidwi chaka chamawa, ndipo likukonzekera kukulitsa malo opangira mbatata pafamu yawo.
Pulogalamu ya mbatata ya USAID ku Georgia pakali pano ikugwira ntchito ndi alimi 2310 m'matauni atatu: Tsalka, Akhalkalaki ndi Akhaltsikhe. Pafupifupi 10% ya gululi ndi achinyamata omwe amagwira ntchito limodzi ndi olima mbatata akale.