Ukrainian agriculture faces numerous challenges due to logistical problems, the occupation and mining of a large part of the territory, but remains among the world leaders almost a year after the Russian invasion.
The large-scale consequences of the war for agriculture have become profound and will probably continue for several more years, Pavlo Koval, general director of the Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation, tells EFE. The beginning of the war "clipped the wings" of the industry, which had been developing rapidly for the past 5–7 years, with a record 106 million tons harvested in 2021.
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NIBULON has rapidly developed in all directions of its multipurpose activities for 30 years. The company’s innovative practices and significant investments in grain transportation infrastructure have contributed significantly to the dramatic expansion of the Ukrainian agricultural sector in recent decades. NIBULON’S highly efficient logistics have connected Ukraine’s farmers with the global food market. As a result of it, Ukraine is renowned as a supplier of high-quality grain and a successful example of the development of modern inland logistics.
Our modern flag was officially approved 30 years ago - in January 1992.
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Copa and Cogeca fully support the European Commission proposal to suspend import duties on all Ukrainian exports to the European Union.
Oil depots and food warehouses are burning in Ukraine.
The range is increasingly shrinking and the shelves of supermarkets empty globally.
The consequences of the Russian war in Ukraine affect not only Ukrainians but also people around the world.
The Ukrainian Grain Association calls on all international businesses to stop cooperating with Russian business and the Russian state due to Russia’s bloody war Russia against Ukraine.
We call on all foreign companies to immediately cease operations in Russia, stop purchasing goods and services in Russia, and stop supplying resources and goods to Russian aggressor that is committing war crimes in the 21st century, killing civilians, including women and children, and terrorizing the world with a new nuclear disaster by shelling the largest nuclear power plant in Europe.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is supporting operations of its long-standing client Astarta, one of the largest vertically integrated agro industrial holdings in Ukraine, during the coronavirus pandemic by extending the working capital facility approved in 2018.
A 2-year US$10 million loan to the Ukrainian operator of over 230,000 hectares of arable farm land, sugar plants, a soybean processing factory and dairy farms will help it implement plans related to the introduction of the precision farming.
The drought in major corn-growing regions continued intensifying in the latter half of August, and later varieties in the north of the country were affected as well.
Therefore, UkrAgroConsult reduces its forecast for Ukraine’s corn crop at the expense of a yield decrease.