Vinnytsia: there are 95 agricultural service cooperatives

Development of agricultural cooperatives in rural areas is one of priority directions of development of agro-industrial complex of Vinnytsya region. It is seen as a means of economic growth for small producers of agricultural products, optimize their costs of doing business, simplification of access to agricultural services and marketing channels, storage, processing of agricultural products, which will positively affect the social development of rural areas and rural communities. To date, there are 95 agricultural service cooperatives, including: dairy – 41, fruits and vegetables – 6, cultivation and harvest – 6, other – 42% Over the past year in the region 7 of the agricultural service cooperatives. And 2015, the cooperatives provided services to the population for the sum over 10,5 million UAH including prepared milk – 3.4 thousand tons, meat – 2.5 ton. To date, members of agricultural service cooperatives is 3494 individuals, the number of employees is 153 people. Most established agricultural service cooperatives in Khmelnitsky area - 20, Zhmerinka – 18, Vinnytsia - 7. Last year in the framework of the joint project of the European Union and the United Nations development Programme "Local development oriented on community – II" 4 established agricultural service cooperatives, two in Kryzhopil, and bar areas. In Tomashpil area is the implementation of the project "enhancing the capacity of the cooperative to protect the legal and economic interests of private farms, as well as expanding the range of dairy products to meet the needs of the social sphere of Tomashpil district." The project is funded by the European Union under the Programme "Support to regional development policy in Ukraine". The total project budget is about 480 thousand euros. Last year in the framework of the development of personal peasant farms and farms of the region for 2011-2015 provided with soft loans from the regional budget for acquisition of agricultural machinery, livestock and equipment for processing of agricultural products 5 agricultural service cooperatives Barsky, Kryzhopil, Zhmerinka and Chernivtsi regions for the sum of 800 thousand UAH. This was reported in the Vinnytsia regional state administration

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