Agriculture in Ukraine is at a level lower than it was immediately after the liberation of the republic from the Nazis in 1946. The leader of the “Radical Party” Oleg Lyashko stated this from the podium of the Verkhovna Rada.
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“After Hitler, in Ukraine in 46, the worst year for villagers, there were 4,5 million heads of cattle. Today, in the 25th year of independence, there are less than two million cows in Ukraine... What are the reasons for the destruction of the cattle breeding industry?
The main three. The first is pricing policy. Today the purchase price for milk is in the range of 2,3-2,8 hryvnia per liter of milk. Less than 10 cents. Nowhere in the world, in any country, is there such a price for milk. And the vast majority of villagers live by donating milk. Here are the reasons for rural poverty.
The second is the lack of government policy. This year only 50 million UAH. for the purchase of calves and cows. What is 50 million UAH? These are tears, and those have not been used to date.
Another reason is the destruction of farms - 80% of milk is produced in private farms, but over the past two years more than two thousand farms have been destroyed. Raider attacks. They are squeezing out the land, killing farmers - nine farmers have been killed over the past year.
And another reason is demographic. People are getting old and can’t keep cows, young people are leaving because there are no schools, medicine, jobs, or social services,” Lyashko said.