Tymoshenko talked to agrarians (photo)

During her stay on a working visit to Poltava region the Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko has attended fields of maize and wheat in the Lokhvytsya area. Moreover, Yulia Tymoshenko got familiarized with operation of the grain elevator of company Rise and the grain quality laboratory.

 

Agrarians of Poltava region met the Head of Government with a huge placard with words: “We thank You for the support of agricultural service cooperatives”. Yulia Tymoshenko talked to workers of agricultural enterprises and discussed problems raising great concern of villagers.

 

The Gov’t backs production of modern agricultural equipment and is to encourage agrarians to use it. The Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko announced in the course of visit of agrarian enterprise Rise-Maxymko in Lokhvytsky area of Poltava region.

 

In particular, Yulia Tymoshenko stressed the Gov’t is handling improvement of program of purchase of up-to-date agricultural equipment, with UAH 700 million envisaged in the State Budget of the current year for these purposes.

 

“This year we have come to a decision to change approaches to such state order and not to buy ineffective equipment but instead to encourage the national enterprises to produce equipment that gives higher effect and to accustom agrarians to use that,” the Premier underlined.

 

Yulia Tymoshenko urged heads of enterprises that had already mastered advanced technologies of cultivation of lands and crops to assist the Government to adjust the approaches to such state order: “in order not to waste money”.

 

 

 

Source: Government Portal