OREANDA-NEWS. March 02, 2011. Poultry and livestock need government support. That is why the domestic poultry breeders and Ministry of Agricultural Policy and Food of Ukraine discussed the clear directions of cooperation in the revival of that agricultural sector. Such agreements were reached at the meeting between the Minister of Agricultural Policy and Food of Ukraine Mykola Prysyazhnyuk and the CEO of the Association "Union of Poultry Breeders of Ukraine" Oleksandr Bakunenko.

During the meeting the CEO of the Union of Poultry Breeders of Ukraine informed the Minister about the main problems of the industry. The main issue was that the prices for poultry production are lower that the costs, that is why the domestic poultry industry needs government support.

The Minister for Agricultural Policy and Food of Ukraine Mykola Prysyazhnyuk assured that the Ministry would provide maximum support to domestic poultry.

Oleksandr Bakunenko expressed confidence that the private sector the problems and solutions understanding from the Minister of Agricultural Policy and Food Mykola Prysyazhnyuk would become the key to the development of Ukrainian poultry.

Key issues in which poultry breeders have obtained support of the Ministry are subsidies to domestic poultry products manufacturers, credits compensation, and export promotion to the EU and Russia.