"It's 350 thousand tons of wheat": 74 thousand hectares of agricultural land have already been demined in Ukraine this year - Ministry of Economy
Kyiv • UNN
Since the beginning of the year, Ukrainian sappers have inspected 80.3 thousand hectares of agricultural land, returning about 74 thousand hectares to use.
Since the beginning of the year, Ukrainian sappers have already inspected 80.3 thousand hectares of agricultural land, of which about 74 thousand hectares have been returned to operation. This was stated by the First Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine - Minister of Economy of Ukraine Yulia Svyrydenko, UNN reports.
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It is noted that in March, sapper units of governmental and non-governmental operators inspected more than 26.5 thousand hectares of agricultural land, and returned almost 23.5 thousand hectares to economic use.
In total, since the beginning of the year, 80.3 thousand hectares of land have been surveyed, of which about 74 thousand hectares have been returned to operation.
In March, our pyrotechnics returned almost 23.5 thousand hectares of land to farmers. In total, since the beginning of the year, about 74 thousand hectares have been returned to use. This is, conditionally, a "plus" of 350 thousand tons of wheat that farmers will harvest from the fields cleared of mines and explosives this year. It is important to note that as of the end of March, 80% of the returned areas were already actively used for their intended purpose
Addendum
Minister of Economy of Ukraine, the Government is comprehensively addressing the task of accelerating the clearance of mines from the territory of Ukraine.
We are working in all the identified areas. In March, we approved a procedure for compensating farmers who will order humanitarian land demining services. This is an important step towards launching the humanitarian demining market. We have signed an agreement with Palantir to use advanced big data analysis and artificial intelligence to help us organize survey and demining work more efficiently. We are actively working on the implementation of domestic developments and strengthening the capabilities of operators by purchasing Ukrainian machinery and equipment
According to her, in March, the number of units conducting humanitarian or operational demining increased, as well as the number of demining vehicles involved in the work.
Recall
Ukraine has presented the third model of a domestic demining machine. The new Ukrainian demining machine presented is as good as its Western counterparts and can clear 5,000 square meters of terrain per hour.
