DONETSK AND LUHANSK REGIONS
Joint Rapid Needs Assessment
(Agriculture)
UKRAINE
FINAL REPORT
January 2015
Joint Rapid Needs Assessment (Agriculture)
Donetsk and Luhansk Regions, Ukraine
1. Background
Ukraine agriculture has been evolving since the country achieved independence in 1991 following the
breakup of the Soviet Union. The first round of farm reforms in 1992-93 initiated privatization of land
through the distribution of paper shares to the rural population and mandated the transformation of former
collective and state farms into corporate shareholder structures. The second round of reforms began in
December 1999 when corporate farms were obliged by presidential decree to convert the paper land
shares into fully titled land plots for their shareholders. Most new shareholders leased their land back to
newly-formed private agricultural associations. The sudden loss of State agricultural subsidies had a
significant effect on every aspect of Ukrainian agriculture. Fertilizer use fell significantly over a ten-year
period, and grain production subsequently fell as well. Farms were also forced to cope with fleets of
ageing machinery. However, at the same time, the emergence from the Soviet-style command economy
enabled farmers to make increasingly market-based decisions regarding crop selection and management,
which contributed to increased efficiency in both the livestock and crop-production sectors.
Though Donetsk and Luhansk regions are considered mainly industrial areas, large numbers of people –
especially in the western part of Donetsk and northern part of Luhansk – are dependent on agriculture.
Agriculture is a well-developed sector with about 1.295 million hectares and 988 000 hectares of
cultivated land in Donetsk and Luhansk regions respectively 1, and some of the farmers’ enterprises are
among the biggest in the country. Livestock is also important in Donetsk region with some of the biggest
poultry production holdings. The area is also considered as breadbasket of the east producing winter
wheat, spring corn and barley, and vegetables and the areas were reported to have even exported
produce to Russia.
The farming enterprises in these regions, as elsewhere in Ukraine, are run under the leadership of a
director, who has experience of working in the former state farms in many cases. Consolidation of small
farms into market-oriented larger farms and more viable enterprises has progressed relatively well and
many farms have succeeded under good leadership in spite of fluctuating grain prices and constraints on
the availability of credit. The transition of the agricultural sector from a command economy to a more
market-oriented system introduced the element of fiscal responsibility, and farm managers have strived to
make their enterprises as efficient as possible. Decisions on crop selection, fertilizer application, use of
machinery, harvesting method, grain storage, and all other aspects of farm management were made with
an eye toward boosting farm profit. These enterprises employ people on regular basis, and temporarily
boost human resources whenever necessary. Some of the small shareholders also worked in these
enterprises as employees. The enterprises regularly paid rent to their shareholders as well as supported
them with animal feed for their livestock as well as with crop inputs and machineries during the planting
season. Meanwhile, smaller farming holdings with up to 100 ha of land were registered that practiced
farming also with a market-oriented approach. Prior to the crisis, about 1 200 and 1 100 such small
holdings were registered in Donetsk and Luhansk regions respectively.
The land holding size of small shareholder families’ varies in the two regions. Many of these families are
elderly people with small pensions and other limited sources of income. They practice agriculture on small
plots and plant mainly vegetables including potatoes. The production of grain and sunflower crops is
dominated by large farming enterprises. In contrast, nearly 90 percent of the country's vegetables and
virtually all of its potatoes are grown on private household plots. They also maintain a few heads of cattle
and other livestock in their backyards. The meat and milk products are used mainly for their own
consumption and the surplus is sold at local markets, which enables them to make supplementary
Accordingly to the data available, 929 000 ha of land in Donetsk are located in the Government controlled territory
whereas the remaining 356 000 ha are located in the non-Government controlled territory. Similarly, in Luhansk 779 000
ha of land are located in Government controlled territory and 209,000 ha are located in the non-Government controlled
territory.
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income. Some of the villages in northern Luhansk are reported to have been supplying 70 percent of the
total local milk consumption in the villages. Milk produced at household level is collected by traders and
sold on local markets.
The ongoing conflict in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions is also severely affecting the agriculture sector.
Many farming enterprises are reported to have lost a part of their winter wheat harvest around June-July
2014. Spring crops in many areas could not be planted in 2014 as people were displaced due to ongoing
fighting; greenhouses and fruit orchards were affected due to shelling, farm machineries were either
directly damaged by shelling or taken away, and livestock were killed and lost during the fighting, or
slaughtered owners due to lack of animal feed or fear of losing them.
Ministry of Agrarian Policy and FAO carried out a rapid needs assessment mission in January 2015 with
international and national FAO experts, and a Director from the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food. The
mission held consultations in Kiev and visited Kharkiv, Sloviansk (Donetsk region) and Severdonetsk
(Luhansk region). The mission met with officials from the Rayon administrations, regional representatives
from the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food, Directors from farmers’ enterprises, UNHCR and some
NGOs. The mission also tried to collect available secondary data from the regions, which was examined
later in Kiev and compiled.
The mission presented the preliminary findings of the assessment to the Food Security and Nutrition
Cluster members on 21 January in Kiev, mainly highlighting the situation observed on the ground and the
qualitative information received from different stakeholders. The meeting was well attended and the
Cluster members highly appreciated the presence of a senior Government official during the presentation.
The presentation was also shared with the donors.
2. Pre-crisis situation
Agriculture (including livestock) is the second largest sector in Donetsk and Luhansk regions after
industry. The land holding size for small shareholder families varies from 8 hectares to 2 500 hectares
and farming enterprises hold land ranging from 2 000 to 4 000 hectares in size. These holdings mainly
plant winter wheat, and spring crops such as corn, sunflower oilseed, and barley. The small shareholders
families practice agriculture on smaller land plots, but they are not registered as farmers. They grow
potatoes and other vegetables, have some fruit trees, such as apples, pears, plums, apricots and
peaches and keep a few heads of livestock, mainly cattle, pigs, goats and poultry. Kitchen gardening is
popular among these families, which is mainly for family consumption. Livestock supplements not only
household level food security and nutrition, but also generates cash for families through the sale of eggs,
meat and milk products.
Annex 4 presents a snapshot of the production of cereal crops, sunflower seeds, other crops and animal
feed in Donetsk and Luhansk regions and the percentage share in the total country production.
Major Observations and Findings
a) Observations and findings from the field visits
Crop (including fruit and vegetable production):
Some of the farming enterprises very close to the conflict zone are reported to have lost up to 30 percent
of the winter harvest in June-July 2014. Many of them could not plant the autumn crops properly due to
continued conflict, and some enterprises reported nearly 50 percent of land being left barren in autumn.
Several hectares of spring sunflower oilseed could not be harvested on time as a result of which the
seeds fell on the ground, which could affect the subsequent cropping season. Meanwhile, a lower supply
of sunflower seed to processors is also affecting the production of sunflower oil.
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With the high price of fuel in the market2, growing insecurity, the devaluation of UAH against USD and
need to transport through longer route across several checkpoints, the price of transportation has gone
up. The price of fertilizer has also gone up in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The average application
of 100 kg per ha of mineral fertilizer has been reduced to about 43 kg per ha due to lack of cash, and this
could even go lower if the situation continues. This could have a serious impact on the winter wheat
harvest in June-July 2015. Similarly, the price of herbicides and pesticides has gone up, which also could
largely affect the production of winter crop.
Some farm lands have been directly shelled, which has resulted in the destruction of the wheat crop
ready for harvest. Unexploded Ordinances (UXOs) have been found littered around farms in many
places. Some areas have been cleared of mines, although there were farm lands that were still mined
and farming in these areas was not possible. Meanwhile, there are areas where trenches have been dug,
and farming is not possible on these lands either. The mission witnessed some of the areas in Donetsk
region close to the ‘borderline’ where trenches exist.
The region of Luhansk was considered a breadbasket for the area, which could also export grain,
vegetables and fruit to Russia. Trade with Russia has been disrupted and so has the opportunity to sell
produce. The continuation of the conflict could also affect the marketing of spring crops, namely barley,
oilseed and corn, and to some extent sugar beet. Meanwhile, the closure of trade route from Russia has
affected the supply of inputs, in particular
fuel and fertilizer.
“I lost almost 30 percent of my wheat harvest, could not
Though the situation is still unpredictable,
the farming enterprises in the Governmentcontrolled areas have sown winter wheat
and are waiting for the snow to melt for
further work on farms. However, the biggest
worry is the availability of inputs, fuel and
access to credit. Furthermore, since these
big farms are losing profit, they are facing
difficulty in paying the rent to small
shareholder farmers.
properly plant spring crops and now unable to apply
fertilizer sufficiently to the sown winter wheat due to lack of
capital to purchase fertilizer and fuel. I do not get credit
from the banks due to lack of collateral and with this cash
crunch I am not sure how I am going to pay the rent to the
smaller families, most of them are small pensioners. I
cannot help them further grow vegetables at their backyard
with inputs or machinery support. I am suffering, so as they”
- Palalo Mykhaylo Ivanovych, Director of the farmer holding
of Volnovakha District in Donetsk Region.
Greenhouses are reported to have been directly damaged due to shelling. A greenhouse on 2 ha of land
visited by the mission in Raygorodka village in Novoaydar district in Luhansk region was reported to have
lost 400 tonnes of vegetable harvest (tomatoes, cucumber, etc.) due to direct damage to the
infrastructure. The glass was broken, the water and heating systems were damaged along with other
accessories and administrative building. Cucumbers, which are normally harvested in February, could not
be planted at all and due to lack of
capital there was uncertainty about
“Part of my field was burnt due to heavy shelling and I lost farm
restoring the greenhouse for next
machineries, such as seeder, cultivator, tractor and harvester
planting
phase.
Furthermore,
during fighting. I need these machineries to be replaced as
vegetables planted in about 60 ha of
soon as possible to go back to the field, and I am still not able
farm with drip irrigation could not also
to do so due to lack of capital” - Levchenko Sergiy Ivanovych,
be fully harvested and the enterprise
Director Agrocommercial LLC, Novoaydar District in Luhansk
lost nearly 1 000 tonnes of vegetable
region.
harvest. Similarly, fruit orchards near
the ‘borderline’ could not be harvested
as the workers had to flee due to continued fighting. An orchard of about 30 ha visited by the mission in
the same district in Luhansk region reported the loss of about 500 tonnes of apple. The apples fell down
on the ground and rotted. The rotten apples were buried to avoid any possible contamination of land. The
mission could still see apples on the ground though most of the land was covered with snow. The
2 Cost of diesel fuel at retail is UAH 16.5 -17 / liter whereas in the areas close to the conflict zone, the cost of fuel is about UAH 1.4
– 1.5 / liter more, i.e., UAH 17.9 – 19)
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manager, meanwhile, expressed that the orchard needs to be made ready for the spring with fertilizer,
pesticide, labor wages, fuel and rent for which he was facing serious cash crunch.
Many farm machineries were reported to have been damaged, destroyed or stolen. A machinery store,
the mission visited owned by Agro-commercial not far away from the ‘borderline’ was directly shelled.
Cultivator, seeder, harvester, tractors, and all machine accessories were burnt. The enterprise is farming
600 ha of land, and they reported to have no means remaining to resume farming. No winter crop could
be planted and if the same situation continues, it will be the same for spring crops.
The major concern expressed by the Directors or the representatives of the farming enterprises is the lack
of access to credit. Banks are not giving credits due to lack of collateral, and without cash, these holdings
are unable to resume farming. A strong request was thus made to the mission to bring the issue to
relevant level to facilitate the process as far as possible.
With the ongoing conflict and the ripple effects, about 30 percent and 25 percent of the smaller holdings
with up to 100 ha of land have reported to be facing serious problems with the lack of fuel, fertilizer,
pesticides and cash for the ongoing and forthcoming planting seasons.
Small farmers, many of whom are shareholders of the farming enterprises and mostly unregistered
including pensioners, practice agriculture in small land plots where they mainly grown vegetables and
potatoes. They also practice livestock at their backyard with few heads of cattle, pigs and goats. Their
produce and livestock products are used for household consumption, and the surplus is sold at the local
market. Some of the villages in Northern Luhansk reported to have been supplying nearly 70 percent of
the milk in the villages by these farmers.
These small (shareholder) families also
“I lost my wheat harvest, could not plant spring crops as I
receive rent from the land they have
had to run for my life. My father was kept hostage and a
leased out to the farming enterprises. The
ransom of US$ 200 000 was asked. I managed to get my
rent varies from UAH 600 to 1 300 per
father back using my contacts without ransom, but he was
hectare per year3, which constitutes a
injured with bruises on his head and hands. My livestock
significant amount to their annual income.
With the ongoing conflict and the problems
were either killed or taken away. I lost all my machineries. I
the bigger farming enterprises are facing,
live in Kiev at the moment, however need to go back to my
there is also a risk of receiving less or no
field and do farming as this is the only profession I and my
rent by these families. Meanwhile, reports
workers have. I lost almost US$ 1 million worth of crop and
of damages to the houses in some of the
machineries and now unable to restart the farming due to
villages (e.g. shattering of windows,
lack of capital”. Andriy Perebiynis, Director of a farmers’
damages to the livestock shelters, etc.)
holding in Donetsk Region.
within 40-60 km of the ‘borderline’ have
increased the needs of these families who were already vulnerable. During a meeting the mission was
informed of a village where the families lost 100 cows from a total stock of 120 cows in the entire village.
With the increase in fuel price and fertilizer, the risk of losing the rent, and the need to meet different
household expenses including house repair works, the capability of many of these families is limited for
the purchase of fertilizer, animal feed, and crop inputs for next planting season. Some of them were
reported to be forced to slaughter their livestock due to lack of animal feed.
Livestock (including poultry)
Some of the biggest pig breeding farm in Donetsk suffered big losses. Agrotech LLC, was under regular
bombardment starting from 14 August 2014 which resulted in damage of the building infrastructure and
severe damages to the machineries, heating and cooling system and killing of hundreds of royal pedigree
pigs. Bacon Invest Agro LLC, also in the non-Government controlled area, in Telmannovsky district is
reported to have lost a significant number of pigs and suffered severe damage to infrastructure and feed
stock due to direct shelling. Alliance Vostok Agro LLC in Staromykhailivka town of Maryinsky district,
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GDP Per Capita (PPP) of Ukraine - 2013 est. is US$7,400 (Source: CIA The World Fact Book)
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reported serious damages to equipment and infrastructure and loss of poultry stock. Donagroliuks LLC in
Novoazovsky district, reported losses of hundreds of sheep, lambs and animal feed stock due to direct
shelling. However, the information received is incomplete and the scale of all damage and losses to
livestock holdings are still unclear.
During a discussion with the mission, local authorities in Donetsk region reported that many livestock
heads were either taken away or were killed during the fighting. They also informed that the livestock
shelters had been damaged or destroyed in many places. Small families were forced to slaughter many
cattle and pigs due to fear of losing the livestock or lack of animal feed.
Situation of Internally Displaced Persons (IDP)
There is an influx of internally displaced persons coming to the villages in the conflict affected areas4.
Since some of them are also living with host families, their arrival in the villages has put further pressure
on these families due to increased food demand and additional expenditure. Many other internally
displaced persons are currently residing in collective centers, have no job opportunities, and most of them
are dependent on external food, cash and non-food assistance. The status of unemployment of the
newcomers in the villages has added pressure and people fear social disturbances in the near future if
the issue is not handled properly. The mission was informed by the Rayon authorities that some of these
people could be provided with access to land and employed in agriculture sector since it is not possible to
employ them in industries. However, they should be provided with appropriate agriculture input packages
in order to enable them to farm. This matter needs to be carefully assessed and discussed to ensure that
agriculture can be offered as an option for income generation to those who know farming and are
interested in it.
Prevalence or outbreak of animal diseases
The mission did not come across any information regarding the spread of animal diseases. However,
there could be a risk of spread of animal diseases due to lack of veterinary medicines and vaccines, and
limited capacity of the local authorities providing animal health. The situation thus needs to be assessed
in close consultation with the local authorities and if necessary, appropriate action needs to be taken.
b) Collection of secondary data on direct damage
Given the scope, nature and duration of the rapid needs assessment mission, and the difficulty in getting
sufficient data, the mission did its best to get data on damage and losses in the agriculture sector. It has
been also agreed with the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food that it will collect additional data and
information to increase knowledge of the situation. Table 1 provides an overview of the total production of
grain in Donestk and Luhansk regions and the losses.
Table 1: Total production and losses of grains and oilseed crops in Donetsk and Luhansk regions5
Crop
Total Production in 2013/14
Share in total
production at national
level (%)
Area (ha)
Gross yield
(MT)
Wheat
742 500
2 092 300
9.4
Barley
291 500
531 500
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Corn
206 300
703 800
2.3
Sunflower
772 900
1 417 700
12.2
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5
Losses in 2014/15
Unharvested area (%)
Losses of Harvest
(MT)
13
530 000
25-30
300 000-400 000
Total number of IDPs registered with the Ministry of Social Policy is about 921,600 persons as of 21 January 2015.
Source: Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food
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Rape
7 800
16 080
1.8
N/A
N/A
Soya
1 800
1 290
0.1
N/A
N/A
Source: APK Inform, January 2015
3. Preliminary recommendations
The rapid needs assessment team, based on the compilation of available secondary data, and the field
assessment and consultations carried out with the officials and farmers recommends interventions in the
following paragraphs. The mission concluded that farming enterprises need immediate support to restore
their disrupted farming, including livestock, horticulture and vegetable production, for which necessary
lobbying is required at appropriate level to facilitate the required credit.
As per the secondary data compiled from different sources in the most-affected areas, the total rural
population comprised mainly of the small shareholder families, pensioners and others in the most affected
areas presently controlled by the Government in Donetsk and Luhansk regions is 171 279 persons (or
about 57 093 households) and 58 055 persons (or about 19 352 households). Of these, about 30 percent
of the families in Donetsk and nearly 50 percent of the total families in Luhansk are considered
vulnerable, and therefore need immediate assistance.
The most immediate short-term intervention, mainly to sustain the livelihoods of about 26 750 small
shareholder vulnerable families in Donetsk (about 17 100 households) and Luhansk (about
9 650households) regions during the next six months are recommended to be implemented as soon as
possible. Meanwhile, the total number of IDPs living in these districts with the host families is still unclear
though the total number of people registered with the Ministry of Social Policy as of 21 January 2015 is
921 650. The needs of the IDPs, specifically the ones living in the most-affected rural areas have to be
assessed in close consultation with the local authorities and proper agriculture packages need to be
designed for those willing to practice farming and livestock rearing.
The set of recommendations made should be implemented by all relevant stakeholders with the
Government of Ukraine taking the lead. These immediate needs are estimated with due consideration to
the existing security situation, availability of the inputs in the region, logistics, forthcoming cropping
season, and time required and capacity needed for delivery.
Table 2: Most immediate life-sustaining needs in agriculture and food security sector for 6 month
Estimated
Unit price of
input
package/HH
(USD)
Estimated No
of
Beneficiary
HH6
Short-term
Needs
(USD)
Remarks
Animal feed
500
13 375
6 687 500
Estimated as 50 percent of
the total vulnerable HH
Spring
vegetable and
fertilizer
Total
500
13 375
6 687 500
Estimated as 50 percent of
the total vulnerable HH
26 750
13 375 000
Sub-sector
Further consultations will have to be made at community, rayon, and central level as a part of the broader
recovery process in a more holistic way while implementing the medium-term intervention, also taking
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With an average size of 3.5 persons per household, total estimated household for agriculture and livestock input assistance is
38,000.
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cross-cutting elements, such as environment, gender, effects of climate change and disaster risk
reduction into consideration.
The rapid food security needs assessment team would like to make the preliminary recommendations for
short- and medium-term as follows:
Short-term needs (0-6 months):
a) Provision of concentrated animal feed for the most vulnerable small households, with special
emphasis to female-headed households and crisis-affected internally displaced persons in
Government-controlled areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions;
b) Provision of assorted vegetable and potato seeds for the spring planting season starting from
April 2015 along with appropriate fertilizer for the small shareholder vulnerable families;
c) Assessment of needs of the IDPs living in the most-affected rural areas, including those living
with the host families;
d) Consultation with the local authorities on the prevalence or spread of any animal diseases and
their capacity to provide animal health support including veterinary medicines, vaccination and
provision of required (need-based) animal health inputs;
e) Repair / replacement of small machinery owned by small households that has been damaged or
lost during the conflict, which needs to be analyzed in close coordination with the local district
(rayon) authorities in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions;
f) Access to credit for larger farming enterprises, which needs to be taken up by the Ministry of
Agrarian Policy and Food with International Financing Institutions and Commercial Banks;
g) In depth assessment of the effects of conflict in agriculture sector needs to be carried out in close
collaboration with relevant stakeholders.
Medium and long-term needs (6-24 months):
a) Repair and replacement of farm machinery damaged or lost during the conflict for the small
households;
b) Provision of need-based agriculture inputs to the IDP families living in the conflict-affected areas,
including those living with host families;
c) Introduction of improved and certified fruit tree seedlings to small families for better fruit
production;
d) Introduction of modern technology for energy efficient and environment-friendly farming
technology on larger holdings;
e) Awareness raising on disaster risk reduction and resilience building against man-made and
natural hazards;
f) Introduction of crop, livestock and machinery risk insurance.
4. Conclusions
The data on damage and losses are still incomplete, and FAO and the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and
Food need to makes efforts to compile data from different sources, including the data from the
middle-level entrepreneurs and small shareholder families. However, the mission concludes that
there are severe effects of conflict in agriculture sector, including on the livelihoods of the small
families. Also, with the increasing number of internally displaced persons coming into Governmentcontrolled areas, the impact on livelihoods is becoming more severe.
Immediate assistance is required.
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Abbreviations
FAO
HH
NGO
REU
UAH
UN
UNHCR
USD
WFP
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Household
Non-Governmental Organization
FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia
Ukrainian Gryvna
United Nations
United Nations High Commission for Refugees
United States Dollars
World Food Programme
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Annex 1
List of Mission Members
S.
No.
1
Name
Mr. Rajendra Aryal
2
Ms. Tetiana Lazar
3
Ms. Olga Koreniuk
Function
Mission Team Leader
Director, Department of Farming
and Technical Policy in Agriculture
Sector
Programme Officer
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Institution
FAO
Ministry of
Agrarian Policy
and Food
FAO
Remarks
Annex 2
Mission itinerary
Date / Day
16 January,
Friday
17 January,
Saturday
Location
Kiev - Kharkiv
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Kharkiv –
Sloviansk Kramatorsk
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18 January,
Sunday
Kramatorsk –
Seberdonetsk
- Kharkiv
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19 January,
Monday
Kharkiv - Kiev
Annex 3
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Activity
Travel to Kharkiv and overnight stay in Kharkiv
Travel to Sloviansk
Meeting with Government officials and farmers
Field visit (visits to Mountain Karachun, agriculture
farm managed by KZTC Mashyning”, LLC, and
Semenovka village severely damaged by the conflict
Overnight stay in Kramatorsk
Travel to Seberdonetsk
Meeting with Government officials and farmers
Field visit (visits to destroyed greenhouse,
agriculture machinery warehouse of ‘AgroKommercial’ and orchard in Novoaydar District)
Travel to Kharkiv and overnight stay in Kharkiv
Meeting with UNHCR
Interaction with shelter cluster members
Return travel to Kiev
List of important officials met
Luhansk Region
1
Mr
2
Mr
Bezkorovayna Liubov
Grygorivna,
Kovalenko Sergiy
Mykhaylovych
3
Mr
Suvorov Victor Vasyliovych
4
Ms
Ludmila
Donetsk Region
Dzygim Oleksandr
5 Mr
Valentynovych
Chernikov Kostiantyn
6 Mr
Georgiyovych
Deputy Head of the Department of Agricultural
Develomnent of Luhansk Regional State
Administration
Head of Novoaydar District State Administration
Head of Department of Agricultural Development of
Novoaydar District State Administration
Regional Coordinator, Department of Agrarian Policy
and Food, Luhansk Region
Director of Department of Agricultural Development of
Donetsk Regional State Administration
Deputy Head of Sloviansk District Administration
Head of Department of Agricultural Development of
Sloviansk District State Administration
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Mr
Pogribniy Victor Petrovych
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Mr
Kurinniy Sergiy Ivanovych
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Mr
Shumskiy Roman Fedorovych
Director of “KZTC Mashyning”, LLC
Head of Association of farmers of Sloviansk district
“XXI century
Aziz Rahjo
Senior Field Officer, UNHCR
Kharkiv
8 Mr
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Annex 4
Map of agricultural production (Source: APK Inform, January 2015)
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Annex 5
Total rural population in conflict-affected areas in Government-controlled
territories
Donetsk Region
Total rural
population
District and towns
Main cities and towns
Dzerzhynsk town
3 304
Dymytriv town
1 007
784
Dokuchayevsk town
Druzhkivka town
Kramatorsk town
753
746
Krasniy Liman town
981
Mariupol town
Districts
910
Artemovskiy District
29 750
Volnovaskiy District
32 058
Kostiantynivskiy District
18 881
Krasnoarmiyskiy District
24 191
Krasniy Liman District
10 554
Mariyinskiy District
28 221
Slovianskiy District
19 139
171 279
Total Rural Population
Estimated Total No of Rural Households (1 HH = 3
persons on average)
57 093
Source: Official Website of Donetsk Regional Council, 1 May
2014(http://www.sovet.donbass.com/?lang=ru&sec=01.02&iface=AdminInfo&cmd=map&args=)
Luhansk Region
S.
No.
Total Rural
Population
Districts and Towns
Towns
1
Severodonetsk Town
1 258
Districts
2
Novoaydarskiy District
16 544
3
Popasnianskiy District
9226
4
Stanychno-Luhanskiy District
Total Rural Population
31 027
58,055
Estimated Total No of Rural Households (1 HH =
3 persons on average)
19,352
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Source: Regional Statistics Website, 1 May 2014
(http://lg.ukrstat.gov.ua/sinf/demograf/demog0614_1.php.htm)
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