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Cabinet will direct additional UAH150 mn to agrarians due to drought
01.06.2007 12:39 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
On May 30 meeting Cabinet has adopted changes to 2007 State budget assuring domestic agrarian sector additional UAH150 mn financing to develop sown crops affected by current unfavorable weather conditions, reported Viktor Slauta, Agrarian-Industrial Complex Vice Premier.
As to Slauta, UAH50 mn from total UAH150 mn will be directed for Seeding Fund (necessary to assure autumn field works) forming, while UAH100 mn will be given to agrarians as direct financial support to liquidate losses caused by drought.
Besides, newly brought changes stipulate earlier planned 4 quarter budgetary agrarians financing should be drawn nearer (to 2 and 3 quarters); as well, changes stipulate this financing is to be redistributed from less important programs to more important.
As to Agro Perspective earlier report, within Jan-May 2007 Ministry of Agrarian Policy had directed to regions agrarians over UAH2.8 milliard (as earlier planned), with UAH1.552 milliard having had been directed within frameworks of support programs (incl. UAH491 mn winter crops sowing/UAH535 mn stockbreeding subsidizing).
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