Provisions of the Presidential decree of Ukraine No. 187/2006 About measures for development of irrigated agriculture in Ukraine are considered.
The president of Ukraine Victor Yushchenko signed the Decree No. 187/2006 "About measures for development of irrigated agriculture in Ukraine". The press service of the head of state reported about it on March 3.
As they say in the document, these measures will promote increase in agrarian potential and creating an enabling environment for economically and ecologically balanced development of the southern regions of Ukraine.
In particular, it is entrusted to cabinet council:
– to provide in six-months term development and updating of programs on development of land reclamation and improvement of an ecological condition of the irrigated and drained grounds for the period till 2010 (in particular, to work on reconstruction and construction of irrigating systems, priority development in the southern regions of Ukraine of irrigated agriculture and a risoseyaniye, technical modernization of irrigating systems, state supports of production of plant growing on irrigated lands, to compensatory payments to the landowners connected with construction and reconstruction of irrigating systems);
– during the first half of the year 2006 to solve a question concerning transfer to investors to a long-term lease of staying idle irrigating systems on the terms of restoration, ensuring functioning of the specified systems and service on water supply;
– to work a question concerning introduction for 2006 – 2007 of the moratorium on write-off in the southern regions of Ukraine of fixed assets which provide functioning of the intraeconomic irrigating systems constructed at the expense of the state capital investments, and on remaintaining in bogarny irrigated lands on which term of operation of irrigating systems makes less than 25 years;
– to develop and submit in accordance with the established procedure for consideration the Verkhovna Rada bills of modification of Laws "About concessions" (concerning inclusion of meliorative systems in the list of objects which can be provided in concession), "About stimulation of development of domestic engineering industry for agro-industrial complex" (rather budget refund to agricultural producers of cost of irrigating and irrigation equipment);
– to provide restoration of statistical supervision concerning harvesting on the reclaimed lands.
To the authorities in regions the President charged to take urgent measures for prevention of destruction of objects of engineering infrastructure of meliorative systems, dismantle and plundering of systems of watering, to provide development till September 1, 2006 of regional programs of support of development of irrigated agriculture.
It is recommended to Ukrainian academy of agrarian sciences to provide in scientific and technical programs of action for development of resource-and energy saving technologies of conducting agriculture on the reclaimed lands, to creation new high-efficiency in the conditions of an irrigation and water regulation of grades and hybrids of agricultural cultures.
By estimates of experts, today the area of irrigated lands in Ukraine makes 2,2 million hectares, or 6,7 % of total area of the farmland. Nation-wide meliorative funds in balance cost of 10,5 billion UAH. can submit water for watering of agricultural cultures on the area about 2 million hectares. However because of an unsatisfactory technical condition of intraeconomic meliorative systems only 650 thousand hectares actually pour down.
At requirement in 26 thousand units of dozhdevalny equipment, available there are 8 thousand cars from which 5,5 thousand are in working condition. Thus over 80 % from them already fulfilled standard term of operation. Besides, for the last 15 years it is for various reasons written off and transferred to bogarny 435 thousand hectares of irrigated lands.
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