Ukraine: Over 40,000 households will receive vegetable seeds through USAID
Vegetables
Ukraine
Published Apr 28, 2023
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More than 40,000 households in 382 communities, including 145 front-line and de-occupied communities, will receive vegetable seeds for spring planting through the United States Agency for International Assistance (USAID). The seeds will be delivered by the All-Ukrainian Association of Communities with the logistical support of the USAID AGRO Program. The first batches of seeds have already been sent. Before the war, about a third of the Ukrainian consumer market's need for vegetables was provided by households.
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At the same time, it was the vegetable sector of agricultural production that suffered the most as a result of military aggression, because about 25% of vegetables were grown in the southern and eastern regions, which are still temporarily occupied. In just one year, according to the State Statistics Service, prices for vegetables rose by 34%, which makes them less affordable for many consumers. Therefore, vegetables grown on homesteads are important for stabilizing the food security situation of communities during martial law. In January, the Bayer company announced its readiness to transfer 530 kg of carrot seeds and more than 350 tons of corn seeds to farmers for free through the USAID Initiative to Support the Sustainability of the Agricultural Sector (AGRI-Ukraine). Soon, seven other international seed companies (Enza Zaden, Lark Seeds, Nunhems, Hazera, Seminis, Rijk Zwaan and Syngenta) provided another 401 kg of cabbage, carrot, radish, tomato, cucumber, corn, onion, ...
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