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War means «breadbasket of the world' faces unprecedented difficulty sowing, harvesting and exporting wheat and other produce. The Russian invasion of Ukraine is leading to a dramatic decline in crops planted by farmers in the country this spring, with fears for domestic and international fo...

Ukrainian agrarians, members of the Ukrainian Agri Council, have been helping the army, refugees and townspeople in the places of active fighting since the first days of the war. Now they carry out these activities in parallel with the sowing campaign. Non-stop They are reluctant to tell how they are helping others and are happier to share their plans for the sowing campaign carried out in extremely difficult conditions. It is...

Dutch farmer Kees Huizinga, a member of the Ukrainian Agri Council, has owned a farm in Ukraine for the past 20 years. In early March, he traveled to Europe to convey to western politicians the importance of supporting Ukraine in times of Russian aggression. During this time, the farmer held dozens of meetings with deputies, ministers, representatives of international organizations, spoke on the a...

Even under the conditions of martial law, taking into account possible insufficient planting and a decline in agricultural technology, Ukraine is capable of meeting its food needs. The main risks are related to the unpredictability of events regarding Russian aggression and the violation of Ukraine's territorial integrity. The sowing campaign has become the country's second front. Ukrainian agricultural production is concentrated on more than 30 million hectares of arable land. This allows the country to be fully supplied with food and have a significant surplus for export. In...

Ukrainian canned dairy producers are now solving almost the same problems as their colleagues producing other categories of dairy products. They have almost no opportunities for foreign trade. Production of canned milk has decreased due to the fact that not all dairies have now the opportunity to work properly. Exports are virtually absent, in addition, the demand for condensed milk from in...

This war may be followed by a global food crisis and political destabilization. This issue was stated by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi at the G7 summit. «There has been a global catastrophe. Russia has destroyed the global security architecture and dealt a powerful blow to international relations. But this is just the beginni...

Dutch farmer Kees Huizinga, who has been working in Ukraine for the past 20 years, met with representatives of the European Conservatives and Reformists Party (ECR) in the European Parliament to explain the situation in Ukraine's agricultural sector in the wake of the Russian invasion. Bert-Jan Rusen, a member of the European Parliament, helped to organize the meeting. «There were about 60 parliamentarians in the hall. They seem to have understood w...

The UAC welcomes and expresses its support for the newly appointed Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Mykola Solskyi. «Nowadays, the agricultural sector has become our second front, so the post of Minister of Agrarian Policy is more difficult and responsible mission than ever. It is&nbs...

The EU has begun realizing the risk of starvation due to the war in Ukraine. In Europe, food prices are rising extremely quickly. In Germany, there have been registered some cases of restricted sale of goods per customer. And it has been only the 4th week of the full-scale Russian-Ukrainian war. There is...

According to GMK Center assumptions, most of the fertilizer capacities in Ukraine has already been suspended. The war poses a big threat to producers of fertilizer as such plants work with explosive and toxic materials. Many Ukrainian producers of fertilizer are near the hostilities. In particular, Sumykhi...