The situation on the seed market in Ukraine is critical - the certification of seeds and planting material has completely stopped, the export and import of seeds also ceased. This is stated in the appeal of public associations to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine.
The letter, which was signed by the Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation, the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine, the Seed Association of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Seed Society, the Ukrainian Club of the Agrarian Business, is addressed to First Deputy Minister Maxim Martyniuk. Farmers note: certification of seeds and planting material in Ukraine stopped in December 2016. The reason is the liquidation of the State Agricultural Inspectorate. However, a new state structure that would be responsible for seed certification has not yet been completely formed.
At the same time, it is the period from December to February that is the most active, because the spring sowing season is approaching and farmers are buying seed in large quantities. During this period, the production of seeds of harvest 2016 continues and the active supplies of planting material begin in Ukraine. Earlier, the agrarian business associations also appealed to Prime Minister Vladimir Groysman with a request to speed up the solution of the problem of seed certification. On the sleigh moment. As farmers note, the spring sowing campaign remains under threat. 
