Ukrainian government preparing for the most difficult harvesting campaign – prime minister

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The government of Ukraine is preparing for harvesting campaign in wartime, the prime minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal wrote on his Facebook page on June 8.

“We start preparing for harvesting. We understand the key challenges farmers are facing”, – he wrote.

The first challenge is export. The Ministry of Infrastructure is working on extension of capacities at the western land borders. There are 23.5 mln tonnes of grains and oilseeds in Ukraine that cannot be exported due to Russian blockage of Ukrainian seaports.

“Another problem is storing of the new harvest. The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food is studding an option of mobile storages taking into account international experience. It will let to raise storage capacity by 10-15 mln tonnes”, – D. Shmyhal noted.

Availability of fuel for farmers is one more challenge. D. Shmyhal said that the government took all measures to carry out the most difficult planting campaign in the history of Ukraine. Now, they have to do their best to perform harvesting campaign.

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