The Cabinet of Ministers has increased the amount of compensation for agricultural producers who plan to demine agricultural land from 80% to 100%.
The programme will also now be open to those farmers who have a tax debt for land or a single tax debt if they are group IV single tax payers. And bidding for the procurement of agricultural land demining services should take place exclusively at auctions in the Prozorro system with the participation of at least two bidders. The relevant amendments to Resolution No. 284, developed by the Ministry of Economy, were approved at a Government meeting on 23 August.
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Source: GOV.UA
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