OREANDA-NEWS.  February 19, 2014. The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine began to develop a long-term action plan of rural development by 2025. In particular, it will focus on enabling local communities to independently determine the directions of their development. This was announced by the Head of Rural Areas Research and Development Department Sergiy Kadyhrob in his interview with BTB.

According to the expert, the development of Ukrainian villages is a priority for government officials. Therefore, it is overseen by the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Mykola Prysyazhnyuk. In this regard, the agency began to develop the action plan of rural development by 2025 which should ensure the full development of all rural areas. And this long-term program is being developed in Ukraine for the first time.

According to Sergiy Kadyhrob, the basis of this action plan is to enable local communities to determine the directions of the development. However, climatic and other important features of each area will be taken into account and that will lead to the higher efficiency in the agri-food sector.

"Today, the state budget provides resources for both educational programs and health care. They must be concentrated locally. Where are all these things settled, where are they concentrated? Only at the local level. Only municipalities should make a decision on resource allocation: either grow gardens or plantations, or build an elevator", said Sergiy Kadyhrob.