“More than UAH 2.2 billion of state aid in 2024 was directed to farmers from regions near the front and de-occupied areas.”, — write: epravda.com.ua
More than UAH 2.2 billion of state aid in 2024 was directed to farmers from regions near the front and de-occupied areas. This was announced by the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Vitaliy Koval. It is noted that more than 3,100 farms and producers of agricultural products, which cultivate up to 120 hectares of land in the de-occupied territories, received 8,000 hryvnias of non-refundable aid per hectare. The message specifies that UAH 795.75 million was allocated for the implementation of this program. Advertising: The program covered farmers from Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zhytomyr, Zaporizhzhya, Kyiv, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson and Chernihiv regions. In addition, payments of 1,000 hryvnias per hectare for farmers working in areas of potential hostilities and 2,000 hryvnias per hectare for those operating directly in the areas of hostilities have been completed. A total of 2,300 farmers and agricultural producers received support, for which UAH 1.5 billion was allocated from the state budget. Advertisement: We will remind: About 60% of the country’s export revenue is provided by farmers and agro-processors, and Ukrainian food supports 400 millions of people in the world.