According to Olena Shulyak, it turned out that farmers are one of the conditions for the existence of Ukrainian statehood and the basis of food security.
The war raised the question of what the state gives to farmers, said in an interview with ZN.UA Elena Shulyak , with which spoke Inna Vedernikova . She noted that a person who works on the land is one of the conditions for the existence of Ukrainian statehood.
“It simply came to our notice then. March. Sowing on the nose. There is active hostilities, and we have difficult discussions: do we need sowing in the occupied territories? Why give your resources to the aggressor? At the same time, the head of the communities of the temporarily occupied territories under the barrels of machine guns is in touch. Plus include questions of the area that is around. What is the right decision?
Acute problems in Ukraine. Farmers do not have working capital, they can not buy fertilizers, fuel. “If we don't have a rotation now, we won't sow at all!” – Shout into the phone. And where to get this fuel? And you understand that neither one nor the other will sow. How to get out of this? The war raised the question: what do we as a state give to farmers? How do we help? How do we develop? ” – said Shulyak.
According to her, the government has promptly provided 20 billion hryvnias to support farms, although this figure is not written or mentioned. However, according to the head of the SN, at a time when nothing is funded except protected budget items, when huge sums of money are needed to buy weapons, the authorities have found the resources to support the Ukrainian farmer. “Why? That is why, as it turned out, a person who works on the land is one of the conditions for the existence of Ukrainian statehood. The basis of our food security. And this is a really serious clarification in the already adopted concept of the land market, “Shulyak added.
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It was reported that as of March 26 in 11 regions of Ukraine has already started sowing < , while it didn't start last year. Then the Prime Minister Denis Shmygal said that Ukrainian farmers will have access to interest-free loans – such a decision has already been made by the government. According to him, since grain exports from the country have stopped, farmers need funds.
