OREANDA-NEWS. March 21, 2012. The agricultural enterprises of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea have launched sowing early crops. There has been processed 8.8 hectares. This was informed by the Minister of of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Mykola Prysyazhnyuk.

"We have already launched the package of spring-field works, it have been sown the first 8.8 thousand hectares," he said.

The Minister recalled that the Cabinet of Ministers decided to allocate 300 million UAH of compensation for the lost crops to allow farmers partially recover damages.