The Plant Quarantine and Protection Agency is facilitating agricultural production on private plots.

A resolution has been adopted by the president titled “On Measures to Increase Production of Goods Using Additional Opportunities on Agricultural Land.”

According to the document, a new procedure is being implemented to enhance the cultivation system of agricultural products at the edges of fields, on private plots, in residential areas, in front of apartment buildings, and on internal streets of neighborhoods:

1. Organization of agricultural product cultivation:

• The Agency for Quarantine and Plant Protection has been tasked with organizing the production of goods at the edges of fields, private plots, residential areas, in front of apartment buildings, and on internal streets of neighborhoods. The agency will also provide agricultural entities with seeds and seedlings and will organize the export of the produced goods.
• Over the course of a year, the agency will research the demand from exporters of fruit and vegetable products for profitable crops for subsequent cultivation and export.

1. Support for agricultural producers effectively utilizing field edges:

• An internal phytosanitary certificate will be issued free of charge over the course of the year.
• Subsidies from the State Target Fund for the Development and Support of the Agro-Industrial Complex are planned. They will cover 50% of the expenses for purchasing seedlings of fruit trees grown by the “in-vitro” method, but not exceeding 25,000 sums per seedling.