“The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) considers the demining of Ukraine’s agricultural lands an important financial topic, which it is ready and will take care of in the coming years.”, — write: epravda.com.ua
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) considers the demining of Ukraine’s agricultural lands an important financial topic, which it is ready and will take care of in the coming years. This was reported by EBRD Board of Directors member Artem Shevalev, Interfax-Ukraine reports. “It is about financing not only farmers, but also companies engaged in demining. We feel that we are ready to finance this, we have the financial capabilities,” Shevalov noted. He recalled that the government of Ukraine has launched an experimental program for demining financing from 2024 to make this product available to farmers. Advertisement: “The EBRD is currently working with other financiers, cooperating with the Ministry of Economy on some programs in which the state seeks to support farmers in financing works from demining their fields,” said a member of the bank’s board of directors. He clarified that financing can be allocated in two directions: through Ukrainian banks directly to agricultural companies and farmers with possible additional support from the government, which can contribute with guarantees or rate compensation, as well as to demining companies for their growth and increase in the fleet of demining machines and sappers. because the market is not saturated enough yet. We will remind you: Advertising: In Ukraine, the mine action operator UDS has cleared the first site within the framework of the state compensation program for demining agricultural lands. We are talking about lands with a total area of 487 hectares in the Kyiv region, which belong to the Institute of Potato Growing of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine.