The UN will purchase grain storage equipment in Ukraine.
UN Structure – Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations of the United Nations (FAO) – will soon announce a tender for the purchase of grain storage equipment in Ukraine. This equipment will be available to farmers from 20 regions of Ukraine, FAO representative Viktoriya Mikhalchuk said, Ukrinform reports. span>
According to Mikhalchuk, as a result of Russian aggression, 14% of Ukrainian granaries have been damaged or destroyed, 10% are located on territories captured by Russia. Of the available warehouses, 35% are filled with grain and oil crops from last year's harvest, which are waiting for export.
“In a few days, FAO will announce a tender for the purchase of the necessary equipment – sleeves for grain storage, loader-unloaders, as well as modular grain warehouses.” , – Mikhalchuk said.
The terms of participation in the project will be announced soon.
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The cost of the FAO project, aimed at helping Ukrainian farmers to preserve the harvest expected in July-August and to ensure the export of the most important agricultural products to international markets, is $17 million.
Earlier it was reported that in the ports of Odesa and “Chornomorsk” has already loaded 17 vessels, of which 10 are already ready for shipment.
