The Government has made a decision to attract EUR 50 million in EU support for the repair and development of Ukraine’s port infrastructure. This was announced by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal during a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers on 2 August.

According to the Prime Minister, the work of the Ukrainian sea corridor is key to helping farmers with logistics. He noted that in the 11 months of the corridor’s operation, cargo turnover in the ports of Greater Odesa totalled 60 million tonnes. Almost 41 million tonnes were exported food.

“This became possible thanks to the success of our Defence Forces in the Black Sea, thanks to export support programmes, thanks to war risk insurance,” said Denys Shmyhal.

According to the Prime Minister, 310,000 hectares of agricultural land have already been surveyed, cleared of mines and returned to use.

“The state allocates UAH 3.5 billion for the humanitarian demining project. There are already 47 mine action operators and more than 2,200 deminers. We have 109 demining vehicles in stock and 68 more under contract. Our task is to return all farmland to use as soon as possible,” the Prime Minister stressed.

The Government continues to support land reclamation, for which UAH 200 million has been allocated in this year’s budget.

“We are building and restoring reclamation systems on an area of up to 8,000 hectares. This helps to increase yields and provides additional investments from farmers themselves,” the Head of Government noted.

According to the Prime Minister, the selfless work of farmers and support from the state allow Ukraine to successfully conduct the third harvest during the full-scale war. Agrarians have already harvested more than 25 million tonnes of grain. In particular, 19.5 million tonnes of wheat and 4.8 million tonnes of barley have been harvested.

“Harvesting of early grains and pulses has been completed in five regions.

I am grateful to everyone who is working in the fields today, who is working to provide Ukraine with food, strengthen our economy and support global food security,” said Denys Shmyhal.