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Government adopts a number of decisions to support and develop the agricultural sector: Prime Minister

Communications Department of the Secretariat of the CMU, posted 29 April 2025 14:50

The Government continues its support programmes for agricultural producers and introduces new mechanisms for the development of the agricultural sector. This was stated by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal during a meeting of the Cabinet on 29 April.

He emphasised that farmers were actively working on the spring sowing campaign despite the challenges caused by the war. So far, 2 million hectares of spring grains and pulses have been sown, which is 35% of the planned area.

According to Denys Shmyhal, this year more than 2,600 agricultural enterprises have received soft loans under the 5-7-9 programme totalling UAH 15.4 billion, while the total amount of loans raised by farmers under various programmes has reached UAH 34.6 billion. In April, the Bank also started paying a special subsidy to farmers worth UAH 386 million for the development of livestock. In addition, agricultural enterprises purchased more than 6,000 units of machinery under the programme to compensate 25% of the cost of Ukrainian agricultural machinery.

Denys Shmyhal said that the Government had decided to launch a programme to support cotton farmers.

“The payment will amount to UAH 10,000 per hectare. We are talking about three regions: Mykolaiv, Odesa and Kherson regions. This will be an incentive for the development of light industry and will also strengthen the state’s defence capability,” the Prime Minister stressed.

According to Denys Shmyhal, one of the priorities for today is to clear Ukrainian land of explosive ordnance. That is why the Government has improved the mechanism of compensation for the cost of demining agricultural land.

“We are clarifying a number of technical issues that will speed up the compensation procedure. Since the beginning of the full-scale war, at least 200 people have been injured during agricultural work. Therefore, our task is to clear the fields of mines as soon as possible for the safety of Ukrainians and for the development of the agricultural sector,” the Prime Minister stressed.

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