In 2015-2016 period the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine expects to raise nearly 25 bln USD of investments to the agro-industrial complex of Ukraine, declared Oleksiy Pavlenko, Minister of Agrarian Policy, on March 24 during his speech at the Ukrainian-American Agrarian Congress in Washington, D.C.
In particular, there is expected to attract investment in agricultural resources and technologies, irrigation systems, deep processing of grains, infrastructure and logistics.
Also, the Minister noted that Ukraine will continue functioning as one of the world leading producers of food, but agricultural producers will shift from quantity indices towards stability and quality.
O.Pavlenko stressed that the key tasks for the Ukrainian agro-industrial complex are achieving of stable high levels of crop yields, developing of the processing industry, and focusing on production performance.
Improved predictability of the Ukrainian agrarian markets, diversified and expanded sales markets, improved food security of the country in qualitative terms, and increased attractiveness of the agrarian sector of Ukraine for investors, will become the expected effect of solution of the reporting problems, said the Minister.
