Donetsk, Apr 4 – DAN. The sowing of early spring cereals began in the area of the village of Volodarskoye to the north-west of Mariupol, the DPR Ministry of Agricultural Policy and Food said.
“In the liberated Volodarskoye district, the sowing campaign of early grain crops has begun as local farmers have started sowing spring barley,” the report said.
This is the first liberated area to begin a sowing campaign, the Ministry told DAN.
Earlier, the DPR Head visited the Sartana village north-est of Mariupol and raised issues of farm lands demining and supply of sowing seeds,
In late March, sowing of early spring cereals and legumes, as well as industrial crops, began in the Republic. Spring wheat, barley, oats, peas and corn are to be sown on an area of 74.7 thousand hectares, sunflower, mustard and flax take 56.9 thousand hectares.
DPR to revise Development Programme-2025 to include needs of liberated territories
Donetsk, Apr 1 – DAN. The restoration and development of the liberated territories will be taken into account in the program of socio-economic development of the DPR for 2022-2024, the Minister of Economic Development Aleksey Polovyan told DAN.
“As for the target indicators of the socio-economic development plan, they were drawn up for the territory of the DPR without taking into account the liberated territories, respectively, the current situation requires adjustments. Investment programs will be reviewed in all areas of infrastructure in terms of taking into account the need to solve problems in the liberated territories,” Polovyan said.
In particular, roads and rail capital investment plans will be revised, as well as investments in water supply and treatment systems, repairs of residential and social facilities, restructuring of coal enterprises, power generation and supply to customers, and communications.
Today, the top priority, according to the minister, is the liberation of the entire territory of the Republic and the assessment of the remaining industrial potential.
“In the near future, the issues of registration of business entities should be resolved, and later the focus will be on finding resources to restore and build new industrial ties,” Polovyan said.
The socio-economic development program was adopted in September 2022. It includes raising wages and pensions, creating tens of thousands of jobs, business support measures, and infrastructure development.