Farmers from the de-occupied territories can apply for subsidies from May 1

Land cultivation in the de-occupied part of the Mykolaiv region. Photo: Nikvesti.

From Wednesday, May 1, farmers from de-occupied territories and territories where hostilities have already ended will be able to apply for subsidies.

This was reported by the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine.

Farmers from de-occupied territories and territories where hostilities have ended will be able to receive a separate budget subsidy for the cultivation of plots of land. The list of these territories includes Mykolaiv, Kherson, Odesa, Zhytomyr, Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv, Luhansk, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson and Chernihiv regions.

Producers of agricultural products who own or use up to 120 hectares of land will be able to receive 8 thousand hryvnias for processing 1 hectare of land. Applications will be accepted in the State Agrarian Register until June 30.

«The support is provided in accordance with the Procedure for the use of funds provided for in the state budget for providing support to farms and other producers of agricultural products, approved by Resolution No. 918 of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine,» the message added.

We will remind you how Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal announced that 3 billion hryvnias will be invested in the state budget for the compensation program for farmers for the purchase of demining services.