OREANDA-NEWS. February 07, 2012. Mykola Azarov entrusted Minister of Energy and Coal Industry Yuriy Boyko together with Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Mykola Prysyazhnyuk to develop mechanisms of reducing the cost of fuel and lubricants for the spring field work.

Due to extreme drought in autumn 2011 year and difficult weather conditions of this winter in Ukraine agrarians will have to reseed more than 2 million hectares of winter crops, which is more than one fifth of the area under winter grain.

Additional pressure on the Ukrainian grain producers will make the fact that in Russia the price of diesel fuel for spring field work is reduced by 30%.

Because of these unfavourable factors the ministers entrusted to develop and submit to the Government a draft regulation, which define mode which is the most favoured for Ukrainian farmers that their products remain competitive.