Schweich: seeding in the East of Ukraine goes without significant issues
Ukrainian agrarians have no major issues with the sowing campaign in the regions close to the area of military conflict in the East of Ukraine, except for the difficulties with logistics and transport, said the Minister of agrarian policy and food of Ukraine Ihor Shvaika.
" the difficulties are in the direction of logistics and transport, significant challenges at this moment is not happening, " said Schweich at a press conference on Wednesday, when asked About the process of seeding in the Eastern regions of Ukraine.
He added that plans to visit Lugansk, Donetsk and Kharkiv regions, in order specifically to communicate with farmers that the maximum close to the line of warfare.
According to the latest assessment by the Ministry of agriculture, the grain harvest in Ukraine in 2014 will amount to 60 million tons, which is 5% lower than last year. These figures do not take into account the part of Donetsk and Lugansk regions. In mid-August, the Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk said that the country this year will miss 15% of the crop due to the fighting in the East. However, when He gave a forecast for the grain harvest in 55 million tons.
Kyiv authorities since April of conduct in the East of Ukraine military operation directed against dissatisfied with the February coup d'etat of residents of Donbas. According to the UN on 21 September, the victims of the conflict were more than 3, 2 thousands of civilians, more than 8 thousand were injured body. About the development of the conflict in the South-East of Ukraine read