KYIV, Jan 5 – The European Union in partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will provide rural households, smallholder farmers and small-scale agricultural enterprises in Lviv, Zakarpattia, Ivano-Frankivsk and part of Chernivtsi regions with financing in the amount of $15.5 million.

According to a statement on the FAO website, grants in the range of $1,000 to $25,000 will be provided to eligible agricultural producers and agricultural enterprises in the following value chains: berries, vegetables and aquaculture in Lviv region, Hutsul sheep and cow bryndza cheese, honey and wine in Zakarpattia, Ivano-Frankivsk and a part of Chernivtsi regions.