The Harvest program, for which USAID has allocated more than $250 million, will help increase grain exports from Ukraine by 15% this year.
The American Agency for International Development (USAID) is allocating more than $250 million to support Ukrainian agriculture. The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine announced this on Friday, May 3.
It was noted that USAID presented a new Harvest program, which will help farmers in Ukraine to increase production efficiency, make it more sustainable and more competitive during the war. The support will be aimed at small grains and oilseed producers to expand their export markets.
The Deputy Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Isobel Coleman, emphasized that the American agency is changing its focus on the future needs of Ukraine’s agriculture and will support the diversification of exports. it and the production of higher value products. Coleman added that the USAID Harvest program aims to boost agricultural exports by $1.5 billion and attract an additional $500 million in private investment.
According to him, the external assistance given to Ukraine, including investments, creates conditions for increasing grain exports from Ukraine by about 15% this year.
“USAID invests in the agricultural sector of Ukraine from the purchase of seeds to the field of shipments,” – mentioned representative of the American department on the official page on the social network X.
We remind you that last fall USAID provided Ukrainian farmers with 12 thousand tons of fertilizer for the fall sowing season.
Kyiv received 30 mobile boiler houses from USAID
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Source: korrespondent
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