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Ukrainian gardeners received only a third of subsidies in 2021

Ukraine
Published Nov 27, 2021

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Horticultural enterprises only partially received funds under the state program to support viticulture, horticulture and hop growing. This is stated in the appeal of the association "Ukrsadprom" to the President of Ukraine, the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada and the Prime Minister. “In 2021, many farms in Ukraine have done significant work on the creation of new modern perennial plantings of fruit and berry crops and the construction of refrigeration and processing complexes.

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At the same time, the farms took out loans and counted on the current government program of financial support for the development of horticulture, viticulture and hop growing in the amounts provided for by Resolution No. 587 of July 15, 2005 as amended by Resolution No. 185 of March 10, 2021, ”the association noted. However, Ukrsadprom claims that most of the funds provided for 2021 were paid as compensation for expenses for 2019-2020. “For the first time in the history of the Program and the Procedure for the Use of Funds Provided in the State Budget for the Development of Viticulture, Horticulture and Hop Growing,” we saw a scanty figure, namely 33% of the amount of compensation stipulated by the procedure, ”the association said. Ukrsadprom stressed that applications for compensation were submitted for an amount 3 times higher than the available funds, i.e. "People believed in the country where they live, people believed the ministry, people believed the authorities." “Now, in ...
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