Buckwheat producers will receive 1.5 thousand UAH / ha of subsidies
Based on the results of consideration of the submitted documents, 655 agricultural enterprises will receive budget subsidies for growing buckwheat in 2021. The Ministry of Agrarian Policy informs about it.
The report says that the procedure for using state support funds provides for the allocation of 5 thousand UAH / ha to buckwheat producers, but not more than 300 hectares of cultivated land by one recipient.
In the current season, buckwheat in Ukraine was sown 32.9 thousand hectares. And the declared amount for the accrual of subsidies is UAH 164.6 million.
With the proportional distribution of the allocated funds among 655 applicants, it was calculated that they are enough to provide 30% of the amount indicated in the procedure for using state support funds. Accordingly, in monetary terms, the subsidy for buckwheat producers per hectare will amount to UAH 1.5 thousand.
At the same time, the Ministry believes that the introduction of state support will help to increase the area under crops, which will ensure a stable volume of gross buckwheat production. The goal is to meet the needs of domestic consumption, and in the future to create its export potential. In addition, it will contribute to the development of related markets, in particular, seed production and processing.