Volunteers from Lithuania’s NGO Food Bank will collect food products for people in need and Ukrainian refugees. Volunteers will be available in supermarkets in 69 towns and cities. “Food donations during this campaign are desperately needed. We are asking people to do what they can to help, as NGOs have run out of long shelf-life…
Spring planting campaign is being carried out on 2% of the territory of Ukraine, as the weather turns to be more favorable. Farmers are quite well prepared for the field works, said the deputy minister of Agricultural Policy and Food of Ukraine Taras Vysotsky. “The planting campaign has already been started. Farmers are planting early…
Georgia’s wine export growth rate reached more than 40% in January-February, the Georgian Agriculture Minister Otar Shamugia said on March 21, adding the figure reflected the “purposeful policy” of the Georgian Government. Shamugia noted exports of agricultural products were increasing as well, pointing out the state’s support for market diversification, and saying the list of…
The International Grains Council (IGC) cut its forecast for Ukraine’s grain exports in the current 2021-2022 season, noting ongoing conflict in the country had fuelled concerns about potential food security risks, Reuters informed. Ukraine’s grain exports were revised to 47.8 million tons, sharply down from last month’s forecast of 62.8 million tons with the council…
Ukraine exported 18 million tons of wheat in 2021-2022 MY. It has 15 million tons of wheat left in the country, declared Mykola Gorbachev the president of Ukrainian Grain Association on March 15. “Minus 4 million tons Ukraine consumes per year, and we still have stocks sufficient for 3 years. Even if we do not…
Ukraine’s production is five times as much as its domestic consumption, so it has sufficient food reserves, Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Taras Vysotsky has said. According to him, even if production stops, Ukraine now has a large stock of everything it needs because “we are exporters, and exports have stopped.” “For example,…
Regarding the concerns of the population on the supply of salt, the Ministry of Economy specified that the Republic of Moldova had sufficient stocks. More than a thousand tons of food salt (iodine and non-iodine) was imported in both January and February. Salt importers confirmed that there was no problem in ensuring Moldova’s domestic demand…