Ukraine needs 1.5 billion dollars for priority demining of agricultural lands

05/04/2023 09:38

According to state authorities, about 30% of Ukraine's territory, namely 174,000 km2, is potentially dangerous due to mining. At the same time, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has 349 allegedly contaminated and contaminated territories, half of which are agricultural lands. This was reported in the press service of the European Business Association (EBA).

As noted, special services inspect about 70 hectares of land every day. In particular, there is an operational response to explosive objects in residential areas, at objects of critical infrastructure, economic purpose, government units are involved in these works - DSST, DSES, National Guard, National Police - and humanitarian demining, which involves the complete elimination of all risks with a quality guarantee demining carried out by non-governmental certified operators.

In fact, about 10% of the mentioned 174,000 km2 may be contaminated areas, but the identification of directly dangerous areas is a long and expensive process.

"In order to speed up the stage of non-technical inspection, the Ministry of Economy, together with the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and the UNDP program, are already conducting a pilot project in the Kyiv region using modern drones for surveying territories. The approximate cost of a non-technical survey of one hectare can be 5-7 thousand UAH, however, in conditions of high demand and insufficient number of specialists, the cost of demining a hectare may exceed the cost of the land itself," the EBA press service noted.

Currently, the interdepartmental working group on demining, which is coordinated by the Ministry of Economy, has identified 470,000 ha of potentially contaminated agricultural land as a priority plan - first of all, survey activities will take place on land where vegetable crops are grown, the second stage - arable land and grain crops, the third — all other agricultural lands. Information is collected through regional military administrations, which have their own data and also collect information from farmers.

At the same time, priority demining of agricultural lands alone will cost about 1.5 billion dollars.

According to state authorities, about 30% of Ukraine's territory, namely 174,000 km2, is potentially dangerous due to mining. At the same time, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has 349 allegedly contaminated and contaminated territories, half of which are agricultural lands. This was reported in the press service of the European Business Association (EBA).
As noted, special services inspect about 70 hectares of land every day. In particular, there is an operational response to explosive objects in residential areas, at objects of critical infrastructure, economic purpose, government units are involved in these works - DSST, DSES, National Guard, National Police - and humanitarian demining, which involves the complete elimination of all risks with a quality guarantee demining carried out by non-governmental certified operators.
In fact, about 10% of the mentioned 174,000 km2 may be contaminated areas, but the identification of directly dangerous areas is a long and expensive process.
"In order to speed up the stage of non-technical inspection, the Ministry of Economy, together with the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and the UNDP program, are already conducting a pilot project in the Kyiv region using modern drones for surveying territories. The approximate cost of a non-technical survey of one hectare can be 5-7 thousand UAH, however, in conditions of high demand and insufficient number of specialists, the cost of demining a hectare may exceed the cost of the land itself," the EBA press service noted.
Currently, the interdepartmental working group on demining, which is coordinated by the Ministry of Economy, has identified 470,000 ha of potentially contaminated agricultural land as a priority plan - first of all, survey activities will take place on land where vegetable crops are grown, the second stage - arable land and grain crops, the third — all other agricultural lands. Information is collected through regional military administrations, which have their own data and also collect information from farmers.
At the same time, priority demining of agricultural lands alone will cost about 1.5 billion dollars.
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