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29
November
2021

Ukraine's Agrarian Policy Ministry to cooperate with Arabian Alkhorayef Group in irrigation sphere

KYIV. Nov 29 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The manufacturer of irrigation equipment Alkhorayef Group (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) could start producing it in Ukraine. On November 27, a memorandum was signed between this company and the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, according to the ministry’s website.

"The Ministry of Agrarian Policy continues to be strengthened by international support in the implementation of irrigation reform in Ukraine. One of the world’s largest players in the field of irrigation equipment, the Alkhorayef Group, has shown us its respect and expressed readiness to cooperate with Ukraine," Minister of Agrarian Policy Roman Leschenko was quoted as saying.

According to the ministry, Alkhorayef Industries is the third largest manufacturer of irrigation machines in the world and the first in the Arabian Peninsula. It operates in 40 countries, produces industrial, agricultural and irrigation equipment.

As reported, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy in September this year signed an agreement with Lindsay (the United States) on the production of irrigation equipment and the creation of an industrial cluster in Ukraine to localize production of some items for irrigation.

The Ministry of Agrarian Policy announced in June that it is negotiating with companies from Israel, the United States, France and China regarding public-private partnership in the reconstruction of irrigation systems in the southern regions of Ukraine.

In April 2021, the Cabinet of Ministers called for the restoration of irrigation systems for agricultural lands in the southern regions of the country by the end of this year.

The restoration of the reclamation industry has become a national project until 2024. In 2021, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy launches a pilot project to restore irrigation systems in Odesa, Kherson, Mykolaiv and Zaporizhia regions.