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2009 budget puts Agrarian-Industrial Complex to survival test
22.01.2009 08:11 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
Recently adopted 2009 State budget actually leaves Ukrainian agrarian sector quite alone to fight crisis and brings to naught agrarian sector development further prospects, – since it stipulates Agrarian-Industrial Complex financing ≈ 3 times down against real requirement, reported Myckola Prysiazhniuk, VR Committee for Agrarian Policy and Land Relations Chairman/people deputy. As to Prysiazhniuk, Agrarian-Industrial Complex economically justified financial requirement is now ≈ UAH17.5 milliard, though Government had fixed only UAH6.4 milliard in 2009 State budget (what is twice down against 2008 State budget UAH12 milliard). Besides, 2009 State budget doesn’t take into account antirecessionary measures financing necessity. Committee Chairman admitted 2009 State budget methodology is utterly unsatisfactory and therefore, on one hand, threatens with agricultural production destruction and, on other hand, completely disregards rural areas social development factor. Prysiazhniuk made it known that, firstly, 8 budgetary programs allocations (for total UAH380.6 mn) had been excluded from 2009 State budget: Government considers it unnecessary to allot finances for programs targeted at soils fertility restoration/improvement (as well as supporting of agricultural companies located in especially hard climatic conditions, rural areas public utilities reforming/development, etc.). Secondly, 6 budgetary programs allocations targeted at Agrarian-Industrial Complex companies development had been shortened over 4 times (from UAH6.7 milliard down to UAH1.5 milliard). All that, taking into consideration current financial crisis and any other financing sources absence, threatens to Ukrainian agricultural industry existence/national food security, recapitulated Committee Chairman.
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