Programs to support the agricultural sector propose an expansion in the state budget for 2026.

The agricultural sector has received an increase in financial support for 2026, but the list of programs for the distribution of these funds should be specified and expanded before the second reading of the budget. This step was called for by the Cabinet of Ministers and the deputies by Stepan Chernyavsky, deputy head of the agrarian committee, a people's deputy. Recall that in the budget passed in the first reading for the next year, the agricultural complex will receive 3.5 billion UAH more—13.1 billion UAH. It is proposed to distribute them in three directions: Deputy head of the agrarian committee Stepan Chernyavsky recalled that among the proposals of his colleagues, the deputies from the agrarian committee, there were also: Among these programs, Chernyavsky emphasizes the continuation and expansion of the cotton cultivation program, which started in a pilot mode in 2025. "To consolidate it and increase the cultivation of cotton by farmers, especially in the South of Ukraine, ...