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Ukraine launches major irrigation projects in Kherson, Mykolaiv and Crimea

Ukraine is capable of exporting a considerable part of its agricultural output, said Leonid Kozachenko, President of the Ukrainian Agricultural Confederation. He added that potentially the country could provide food to 600 million people worldwide.

Farm sector conference focuses on investment

Over June 13-14, a panel discussion called “Investing in Ukraine’s Farm Sector: Let’s feed the world together!” took place in Kyiv as part of the First International Annual Business Conference “ABC: Ukraine & Partners.” Participants discussed how to increase investment in Ukraine’s agricultural sector, in particular in areas such as the production of grains and oilseed, food processing, mechanical engineering, and logistics.

Ukraine holds leading position in global grain markets

Ukraine continues to hold a leading position in grain production and has 9.2% of the global grain market. With increasing demand in foreign markets, Ukraine can expect to continue expanding its presence in this sector. In response, the Government plans to keep expanding cooperation with both domestic and foreign market players, Ukraine’s Minister of Agricultural Policy and Food Mykola Prysiazhniuk announced.

Minister talks farming, infrastructure with Saudi Arabia

Over June, 1-4, 2013, Ukraine’s Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Mykola Prysiazhniuk was on a working visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, where he discussed ways to expand cooperation between the two countries in the farm sector, infrastructure and investment.

Ukraine’s Agriculture Ministry is working to introduce HACCP

The Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points system (HACCP) is considered in food industry to provide the most complete quality assurance and product safety control. At this time, Ukraine’s Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food is working on legislation that would obligate market players to introduce the HACCP or its equivalent.

Ukraine has opportunities in glass technology, waste management

On May 27, Ukraine’s Ambassador to Egypt Yevhen Kyrylenko took part in a meeting of the Egyptian Business Association, where he discussed the new areas of cooperation and bilateral prospects between the two countries.