The Government of Italy and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will allocate €3.5 million to support agricultural producers in Odesa Oblast. Nearly 1,400 farmers will receive assistance in the form of grain sleeves for crop storage and vouchers for the purchase of seeds, fertilizers and other resources. This is reported by the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, writes agronews.ua.
The corresponding agreement was signed by the Ambassador of Italy to Ukraine, Carlo Formosa, and the Head of the FAO Office in Ukraine, Shahnoza Muminova, during a meeting with First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy Denys Bashlyk.
Under the program, 250 agricultural producers cultivating from 100 to 3,000 hectares of land will receive a total of 800 grain sleeves. They will provide about 200,000 tonnes of additional capacity for temporary crop storage. The recipients of the assistance have already been identified through the State Agrarian Register. The transfer of the sleeves is planned for November 2026.
According to Denys Bashlyk, due to damage to grain storage facilities and logistics problems, farmers need affordable options for storing grain directly on their farms. This will help avoid forced sale of crops at unfavorable prices. A separate area of the program provides support for 1,145 small and medium-sized farms cultivating from 10 to 300 hectares.
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