Oleg Bakhmatyuk: The government should subsidise small-sized and home farms only

The owner of Ukrlandfarming discusses this in an interview to Dmitry Gordon. UNIAN reports.

The businessman believes that support for small farms must become the basis of a government support programme as a social employment project more than anything else. Middle-sized farms are fully capable of meeting the country’s demand for food. The function of large agribusinesses is to conquer foreign markets and raise billions in inward investment under a sensible government policy.

"Small and home farms in Europe represent a socio-political project to keep the population employed. To discourage people from moving to cities like Vienna for example, they are provided with comfortable living conditions in the country. The government also gives