As part of the Ukraine Agriculture Support Program, funded by the Howard Graham Buffett Foundation, applications for support for women farmers are still being accepted.
The program is being implemented in the Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kirovohrad, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Poltava, Cherkasy, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson, Chernihiv, and Kyiv regions.
✅ Support for women farmers includes:
1️⃣ A training program in two areas:
🔹 Development and strengthening of entrepreneurial skills depending on the participants' previous experience;
🔹 Specialized agricultural training in one of the following areas: vegetable growing, berry growing, horticulture, beekeeping, poultry farming, cattle breeding, pig breeding, rabbit breeding, sheep breeding, goat breeding, etc.
2️⃣ Participants who successfully complete the training will be able to take part in trips to leading farms.
3️⃣ The opportunity to receive financial assistance ranging from $3,000 to $7,000 on a competitive basis to start or develop their own business.
📌 Who can participate:
✅ Local residents and internally displaced persons (IDPs) who:
🔸 head a household or an existing agribusiness with experience in agriculture, or wish to start an entrepreneurial activity in the field of agricultural production without prior experience;
🔸 carry out or plan to carry out agricultural activities on a land plot of no more than 150 hectares.
❗ Conditions for receiving financial assistance:
🔸 successful completion of the training program;
🔸 Have a realistic and viable business idea;
🔸 For those planning to start a new business, have the minimum resources necessary to start a business (e.g., land, premises, water and electricity supply, etc.).
➡️ You can find out all the details and apply to participate on the website: https://uasp.mercycorps.org/page/MDxzDwmA
❗ Participants will be selected on a competitive basis.
Additionally, applications will be evaluated taking into account security risks identified by Mercy Corps.
🔴 The deadline for applications is February 15, 2026. If the required number of participants is reached, registration may be closed earlier.
➡️ Applications for participation in the program can only be submitted after registering on the main page of the website - https://uasp.mercycorps.org/.
📞Questions can be asked by phone:
0 800 332 590 – Mercy Corps;
067 417 70 34 - Public Organization "Eastern Ukrainian Agricultural Advisory Service" (for program participants from Donetsk and Poltava regions).