FAO Launches New $17 Million Project to Help Ukrainian Farmers

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In order to overcome the consequences of the war in Ukraine on the global agricultural sector, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has launched a new project worth $17 million to help Ukrainian farmers maintain the expected July-August harvest and ensure the export of essential agricultural products to world markets. This was reported July 6 by the press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine.

As it is noted, the project, financed by Japan and implemented jointly with the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, aims to restore grain storage facilities and functionality of the supply chain from harvesting to export, as well as to preserve the production capacity of Ukrainian farmers to ensure the continuity of production in the future.

"As part of the new project, FAO will address the shortage of storage facilities by providing small producers with polyethylene sleeves for grain storage, equipment for loading and unloading grain, and supplying medium-sized producers and associations with various modular storage containers. Support will be provided to farmers in ten regions of Ukraine: in the east, south, center and north of the country," said Pierre Wauthier, head of FAO Ukraine.

In addition, it is planned that the project will provide technical support to the Government of Ukraine for the creation of alternative routes for grain export and will contribute to the rapid development of technical capacity of the laboratory in Izmail, which will allow farmers to comply with international standards, in particular to check the quality of animal and food products for safety and certification.


PigUA.info according to agravery.com