More than 100 hectares of sea buckthorn plantations are planned to be planted in Ukraine

Several projects on 25 hectares have already been approved and are being examined by the Ministry of Agrarian Policy for the right to participate in grant programs. If it is approved, the horticulture industry will increase by more than 100 hectares of new plantations, Oleksandr Matviets, head of the "Ukrsadprom" association, told AgroPortal. Follow the news in a convenient format: Follow us on Twitter Currently, within the association, especially the Sea Buckthorn program, we participate in grant programs, where the state partially covers the costs, thereby helping our farms. There was a problem with the planting material, but it was also resolved. Our horticulture farm concludes a contract with the Institute of Horticulture for the propagation of their varieties. That is, officially next year we will already have seedlings of modern varieties of Ukrainian breeding, - noted Matviets. There are already sea buckthorn orchards in Lviv and Odesa regions, expansion is planned in ...