Financial assistance in the amount of UAH 100.858 million will be provided to 25 agricultural enterprises in Kyiv region as part of the government’s e-Work program to support small and medium-sized businesses, Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Denys Bashlyk said on Facebook.
According to him, the funds will be used to develop horticulture, berry growing, viticulture, and greenhouse farming. Thus, farmers will receive grants worth UAH 80.858 million for the development of horticulture and UAH 20 million for greenhouses. So far, UAH 74.401 million has been paid to them.
In addition, since the beginning of the year, 902 farmers in the Kyiv region have received UAH 10.402 billion in bank loans for farm development, the deputy minister stated.
As reported, since the beginning of the year, 12.3 thousand agricultural enterprises have received UAH 65.2 billion in bank loans for development. Of these, 9.6 thousand agricultural enterprises received UAH 37.5 billion in loans under the state program “Affordable Loans 5-7-9”.
The Ukrainian government in nine months since the start of grant programs to create gardens, berries and greenhouses sent 489.2 million UAH, the total area of plantations and structures amounted to 1 375.64 hectares, the press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy on Friday.
According to the agrarian ministry, the leaders under the program are hazelnut and walnut, which were planted 493.3 hectares, blueberry and blueberry – 350 hectares, as well as apple – 296.1 hectares.
According to the release, the most hazelnut will be planted in the Kiev region – 157.8 hectares and in Transcarpathia – 121.9 hectares. Lviv region is the leader in planting the blueberry – 73.5 hectares. Appleberry orchards will be planted in Transcarpathia – 97.4 hectares, in Vinnitsa region – 50 hectares and in Bukovyna – 41.8 hectares.
Under the terms of the program, the area of cultivated land for the development or establishment of a new orchard must be 1 to 25 hectares. For the development of greenhouses, grants are provided for the construction of a modular greenhouse with an approximate area of 0,4 ha to 2,4 ha according to the standard project. The main requirement of the program is job creation.
The grant program provides for co-financing: the participant provides 30% of his own funds, and 70% – the state. These funds can be used to pay for the costs included in the estimate, which the applicant must submit along with the application for participation in the competition.
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.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, within the framework of the new eWork project, approved the procedure for providing non-refundable micro-grants for the development or creation of new horticulture, berry growing, viticulture and greenhouse facilities.
The government adopted the relevant resolution at a meeting on Tuesday, Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal said on his Telegram channel.
Program participants can be private entrepreneurs, agricultural companies and farms that own or lease land for a period of at least 25 years.
Thus, the amount of microgrants issued under the program of partial compensation for the cost of constructed greenhouses will be from UAH 5 to 7 million. Also, farmers will be provided with UAH 300,000 to 400,000 per hectare of orchards, which corresponds to approximately 70% of the average cost of planting them.
“The funds will go to the recipient’s bank account for the transparent purchase of seedlings, equipment, irrigation systems, fertilizers, etc.,” the prime minister summed up in the message.
