Faith in the Armed Forces of Ukraine allows farmers to maximally prepare for spring sowing – Taras Vysotskyi

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In 2023, farmers are preparing to sow all possible areas, including the hope of demining territories that have already been de-occupied by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (Zbroyni Syly Ukrainy – ZSU). Not a single hectare will remain unsown. Taras Vysotskyi, the First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, told about this today on the air of the national marathon “Yedyni Novyny” on ICTV.

At the same time, he noted that the agricultural sector is multi-sectoral and it will take more than one year to restore the indicators of the pre-war period.

“Everything will depend on the direction of the agricultural sector. Of course, the fastest recovery cycle is in crop production, although demining is quite a complex procedure. And also in poultry farming. But, if you put all the factors together, then, unfortunately, the full recovery of our agricultural sector will take approximately 2-3 years, depending on the type of production. This is if we talk about pre-war indicators,” the First Deputy Minister noted.

Taras Vysotsky emphasized that, despite Russia’s full-scale aggression, Ukrainian farmers in all corners of Ukraine, where possible, continued field work.

“The collected information on the sown areas for 2023 shows that we all believe in the ZSU, and this faith helps farmers now prepare to sow the maximum possible areas this spring,” he emphasized.

According to Taras Vysotskyi, in many cases, power outages at factories are quite critical.

“We have several strategies: one of them is to provide production with generators. Also, the Ministry is currently accepting applications, in particular, from livestock farms to include them in the list of critical infrastructure. It is very important for us to provide electricity to all production cycles,” the First Deputy Minister emphasized.

As for how the operation of agricultural enterprises on generators will affect the cost of production, Taras Vysotsky noted that the price increase will be insignificant.

“We have calculated that the increase will be around 3-5%. Importantly, there was no significant decrease in production over these few months. This is a confirmation that the majority of farmers have readjusted to work in difficult conditions and continue to work,” summarized Taras Vysotskyi.

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