The Ukrainian side has estimated the potential need for additional storage capacity for 11 million tonnes of grain. The relevant calculations were forwarded to EU partners as early as the beginning of August. Through the State Agricultural Register, applications were collected from farmers in frontline regions for the provision of more than 13,000 plastic sleeves. More than $15 million in international aid has already been confirmed for the purchase and free distribution of these to Ukrainian farmers. Switzerland, in particular, has joined the funding effort. This was announced by the Minister for Agricultural Policy, Taras Vysotskyi, during a briefing with journalists.
According to him, the confirmed funding is sufficient to purchase the required number of equipment kits and consumables.
The ministry plans to distribute them to farms that have submitted the relevant applications from October, reports latifundist.
Agricultural grain storage sleeves are multi-layered polymer bags (‘tunnels’) up to 2 metres high and 60–90 metres long, designed for the dry, anaerobic storage of grain and related products. The grain is pumped into the sleeves under pressure using specialised equipment (‘baggers’). The sleeves are stored in the open air, on sites requiring a certain level of preparation and protection (against simple theft and, even more so, attacks by military weapons). In ‘peacetime agricultural economies’, this technology is widely used in Latin American countries, as it allows farmers to store grain in the field without having to build expensive silos, at minimal cost for relatively simple equipment.
This story was translated with the assistance of artificial intelligence.The translation was also reviewed by the Logos Press editorial team.
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