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290,000 t milk processed since January; cheese, spreads up 10%

Over January-April 2013, the production of milk in Ukraine increased 2.7%, to 290,000 tonnes, compared to the same period in 2012, Derzhkomstat, Ukraine’s statistics agency, reports.

Poultry production is up 7%, frozen chicken up 110% since January

Over January-April 2013, Ukraine produced 228,000 tonnes of poultry meat, mostly chicken, which is 7% more than in the same period of 2012, Derzhkomstat, Ukraine’s statistics agency, reports.

Ukraine and Qatar talk up expanding grain delivery infrastructure

On May 10, Ukraine’s Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Mykola Prysiazhniuk was in Qatar on a state visit with a delegation headed by Vice Premier Kostiantyn Hryshchenko.

Ukraine’s Government intensifies support and new projects for farm sector

The Presidential Economic Reform Program for 2013-2014 proposes a complex approach to a number of issues facing Ukraine’s agricultural sector. The document provides a set of measures aimed at improving leasing programs, introducing innovative technologies in the crop sector, establishing produce growing zones for baby foods, building and revitalizing the cattle-breeding business, producing ethanol fuel, and increasing exports.

Ukrainian-UAE business council is agreed

On April 29, the Federation of United Arab Emirates Chambers of Commerce and Industry and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Ukraine signed an agreement to set up a joint Ukrainian-UAE Business Council.