The Ministry of Agrarian Policy has signed 98 orders to allocate grants for the development of orchards and greenhouses for a total of UAH 472.3 million, the ministry said in a statement on Friday.
According to it, 86 grants on gardens for 388,4 million UAH, on greenhouses – 12 for 83,9 million UAH have been agreed.
The total area of new facilities is 1317.40 hectares, or 13.4 hectares per grant.
The Ministry specified that the leaders in the area of gardening and the creation of greenhouses are Transcarpathian region with 245.2 hectares, Kyiv region with 191.6 ha and Lviv region with 151.1 ha.
The amount of grants is also the highest in Transcarpathia – 92.2 million UAH, while in second place is Dnipropetrovsk region – 58.1 million UAH, in third place – Kyiv region with 50.5 million UAH.
Ministry of Agrarian Policy reminded that the terms of the program in the direction of horticulture area of land for the development or establishment of orchards should range from 1 to 25 hectares, and in greenhouses – from 0.4 to 2.4 hectares, according to the standard project. There are also requirements for the number of new jobs, particularly in the case of greenhouses – not less than 14 per 1 hectare.
In addition, the program in both areas provides for co-financing: from 30% of own funds provides its participant, and 70% – the state.
