The food situation in Ukraine remains under control, and key food stocks will last for more than one year. This was stated by the Minister of Agrarian Policy Roman Leshchenko at a briefing on March 17, writes ZN. ua.

" Ukraine provided yield indicators in 2021 of more than 100 million. cereals and legumes and oilseeds. The growth of the agricultural sector amounted to more than 20%,"

According to the official, from the point of view of food security, Ukraine has wheat reserves for two years, for butter - for five years, for corn - for a year and a half..

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In addition, according to the minister, this year Ukraine has very favorable conditions in terms of winter crops..

“Very good news for us, based on the soil and climatic conditions that we have now, our winter crops in Ukraine are in very good condition. The vegetation continues, the temperature regime is stabilizing, there were no significant frosts,"

In the coming weeks, Leshchenko noted, an active phase of agricultural work will begin in Ukraine, throughout the country, where possible..

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In particular, according to him, the production of food products through the state order has been activated..

" The state pays, they ensure the production of food for the Ukrainian people,"

In addition, the state has simplified as much as possible all procedures related to the taxation of agricultural production..

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In addition, the state is implementing a mechanism to support the agricultural sector by providing loan guarantees in the amount of UAH 25 billion.

These funds will be used to provide preferential loans for farmers and the sowing campaign.

“We separately carried out deregulation regarding the abolition of administrative licensing procedures, the import of pesticides and agrochemicals, simplified access to fuel, allowed the import of Euro3 and Euro4 fuel into the country in order to fill our market with diesel fuel. Also, we have simplified the procedure for registering agricultural machinery, certification and registration of seeds as much as possible,"