FAO begins registration of farmers to receive corn and sunflower seeds in nine regions of Ukraine

The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), with the financial support of the Japanese government, is implementing a program to provide corn and sunflower seeds to support small farms and other agricultural producers during the spring sowing campaign, the FAO Office in Ukraine reported. "Within the framework of this program, seeds will be distributed in nine war-affected regions of Ukraine, in particular in Chernihiv, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Sumy and Zaporizhzhia regions. Each aid recipient can receive a sufficient amount of corn or sunflower seeds to cultivate 10 hectares of land," the message states. As noted, the program is aimed at legal entities, individual entrepreneurs and individuals who have registered agricultural land with an area of 10 to 200 hectares and conduct their activities in the above-mentioned areas. It is necessary to submit an application for receiving support ...