Miller Magazine Issue: 150 June 2022

89 ARTICLE MILLER / JUNE 2022 have at least 70% of the area available in the controlled area. And only half of them are needed to provide food for all 40 million Ukrainians. Immediately after the start of the war, licensing was introduced - export control. Basic products - wheat, buckwheat, oats, sugar, eggs, poultry - can be exported only after approval from the government, the Ministry of Economy. The government closely monitors the balance sheet, estimating how much we need for domestic consumption, plus a 3 to 6 month reserve, depending on the type of product. And only if there are products above this balance, then we issue this license. This regulation will last at least until the end of the war and a certain period after its end, until the sta- bilization of markets. Large applications for licenses are rejected by the government in order not to create a monopoly and maintain the maximum number of agricultural producers, and to have maximum competition. In addition, as farmers prepare for each block of work in advance, before the war, on the eve of the start of spring field work, they were provided with 85% fertilizer. But soon there will be summer field work to fertilize the soil and autumn. The situation there is more complicated, but still under control. We are currently working to ensure that there is enough fertilizer for the next field work. NEGOTIATION WITH EUROPEAN PARTNERS FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO FARMERS More than 30% of Ukraine's territory is dangerous for production or under occupation. Part of the agricultural land is damaged and mined, and the infrastructure of the agricultural sector is damaged. Seaports are blocked, logistics and economic chains are broken. Ukrainian farm- ers need an uninterrupted supply of fuel, seeds, fertilizers, plant protec- tion products, spare parts, etc. Employees of enterprises are involved in service in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, territorial defense and vol- unteer work. The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine is negotiating with European partners to provide financial assistance to Ukrainian farmers. ABOUT SOWING Sowing in Ukraine continues, 98.5% of last year's wheat was sown, 95% of the area projected for spring rape has already been sown. Vinnytsia, Volyn, Dnipropetrovsk, Zhytomyr, Zakarpattia, Kyiv, Poltava, Mykolaiv, Rivne, Ternopil, Khmelnytsky, Cherkasy, and Chernivtsi re- gions have finished sowing spring wheat. In general, sowing of spring cereals and legumes was completed by 78% of last year's figures. Vinnytsia, Volyn, Zhytomyr, Kyiv, Poltava, Rivne, Ternopil, Khmelnytsky, Cherkasy, and Chernivtsi regions have increased the area under spring wheat from 5% to 10%. As of May 26, 2022, the projected sown areas of the main spring crops for the 2022 harvest in the territory controlled by Ukraine are 14,158.5 thousand hectares, which is 2,757.8 thousand hectares less than last year (16,916.3 thousand hectares). Ha). According to structur- al subdivisions, sowing of spring crops is carried out by 23 regions of Ukraine, except for Luhansk, where fighting is taking place almost on the whole territory. The projected production of cereals and legumes in 2021/2022 MY in the amount of 90.9 million tons will be provided, in particular, through the production of wheat - 33.9 million tons; corn - 44.4 million tons. Of the total harvest of cereals and legumes - 19 million tons will be used for domestic consumption and 49.2 million tons for export. THE SITUATION IN THE TEMPORARILY OCCUPIED TERRITORIES Unfortunately, farmers have very limited opportunities to sow. Many farmers are forced to re-register and be forced to work un- der the rules of illegal armed groups of the aggressor country. Therefore, a much lower percentage of areas are eliminated in the temporarily occupied territories. We are confident and sin- cerely believe that these territories will be liberated and Ukrainian farmers will be able to safely harvest their crops for the benefit of themselves and our state. After all, it was clear how Russian troops bombed oil depots en masse, in particular in order to disrupt the sowing campaign in Ukraine. Russia's goal is to destroy Ukraine's economy, provoke mass food shortages and famines in Ukraine and the world. Ukraine cannot guarantee that Ukrainian grain and foodstuffs in- vested in Russia from the occupied territories will not support Rus- sian-friendly terrorist organizations. Before the war, there were 1.3 mil- lion tons of grain in the occupied territories (Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, Zaporizhia regions). Today, this grain is being exported en masse to the temporarily occupied Crimea and Russia. To date, it has been recorded that the occupiers exported more than 500,000 tons of grain in Kherson, Zaporizhia, Luhansk, and Donetsk regions. Plus it is known about the export of tens of thou- sands of tons of sunflower oil. Unprecedented thefts continue. We are monitoring the situation. We document everything. And we will definitely fight on all fronts for the return of the stolen and full com- pensation for the damage. ABOUT THE SITUATION IN ANIMAL HUSBANDRY According to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy, the industry has lost up to 10-15% on average. These are temporarily occupied territories or those where active hostilities continue. Our livestock products are always produced in excess of domestic consumption - some were ex- ported. Therefore, this is not a critical amount of loss for food security. We have enough capacity to fully supply Ukrainians with meat of vari- ous kinds, as well as dairy products and eggs. However, of course, this is a difficult situation for those farmers who have directly suffered these losses. All damages are documented, and claims for full compensation from the aggressor will be made so that all livestock complexes can be restored.