OREANDA-NEWS  On 26 February was announced, that the Government of Ukraine will allocate almost 3.5bn hryvnias for the needs of agroindustrial complex for February and March from the Agrarian Fund. Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko stated during the meeting with the heads of regional councils on Tuesday.

“In February we plan to allocate from the Agrarian Fund 1.3bn hryvnias for the agrarians’ needs and in March – even more 2bn hryvnias. In other words, almost 3.5bn hryvnias in total will be allocated at the expense of the Agrarian Fund,” Yulia Tymoshenko stated, adding that earlier the Government had not such powerful financial instruments to solve the problems of agrarian sector.

As the Head of Government stated, it is very important now to distribute fairly this money among the agrarian enterprises.  

The Prime Minister also informed that by agreement with the Kremenchuh Petroleum Refinery, the agrarians instead of these means can obtain diesel oil at the price of 4.2 thousand per one ton to hold the sowing campaign.