Presidential Decree No. PP-4499 “On measures to expand incentive mechanisms for introducing water-saving technologies in agriculture.”

The President, with a view of further expansion of the mechanisms of stimulation for the introduction of water saving technologies related to irrigation and raising efficiency of the use of water resources in agriculture and improvement of agricultural land fertility, decrees to establish, beginning from 1 January 2020, the following procedure for state support for the introduction of water saving technologies related to irrigation: (a) subsidies are provided to agricultural producers to cover part of the costs of introduction of water-saving technologies related to irrigation, as well as part of interest expenses on bank loans allocated for their purchase and construction, according to Annex 1; and (b) for import contracts concluded by agricultural producers as part of the work to introduce water-saving technologies related to irrigation, shall not apply requirements for mandatory expertise and registration of import contracts concluded with recipients of budget funds.