On the air of the telethon #UArazom, First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Taras Vysotskyi talked about the first results of the collection campaign. The results show that grain yield in Ukraine is slightly lower than last record year, but still higher than the average over the past five years.
“Our agrarians did not save on technology, which was laid for winter crops, that is why the quality of grain is good – both for food and fodder purposes (fodder grain). We can already confidently say that Ukraine will have bread,” said Taras Vysotsky, adding that the harvest has already begun in all regions of Ukraine.
According to the first deputy minister, the occupiers resort to barbaric methods of destroying the new crop in the temporarily occupied territories. So, in 5-7 oblasts, the facts of deliberate arson by the occupiers of Ukrainian grain are recorded daily – in general, this is several thousand hectares.
“From the point of view of each individual farmer, this is, of course, a great tragedy. All these and other losses are recorded for further compensation through reparation funds or from frozen assets. However, from the point of view of national food security, these are not the areas that may pose a threat. We aim to record all this and, at the first opportunity, help those farmers whose fields are set on fire by the occupiers,” Taras Vysotsky emphasized.