According to Mykola Solskyi, Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, farmers will not be able to fully use 1-1.5 million hectares of agricultural land as a result of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant (HPP) explosion. “The consequences of stopping irrigation are much greater. Not half a million hectares, but a million and a…
Last year, sugar beet showed the best marginal indicators compared to other crops, and this trend continued in 2023, Roman Ogorodov, the business manager of “Ukrprominvest-Agro”, said. The company noted that the areas under beets as part of the partner program “Sugar beet – a smart choice!” increased from 8 thousand hectares to 17.3 thousand…
Agricultural crops in Kherson, Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions are under threat of destruction because these regions have been using water from the Kakhovka Reservoir for irrigation due to annual droughts, Chairman of the parliamentary committee on agrarian and land policy, Oleksandr Haidu, has said. “The explosion of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant (HPP) is a…
Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Mykola Solskyi held a regular online meeting with Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry of the Republic of Moldova Vladimir Bolea. The parties discussed steps aimed at significantly increasing the volume of transportation of Ukrainian agricultural products by the Moldovan railway, including by reducing the tariff for…
The effectiveness of international law on navigation is a globally important security factor, Volodymyr Zelensky has said in a video address. “The world knows what a fundamental role our maritime grain exports play for food security. Security in the Black Sea and the effectiveness of international law on navigation are globally important security factors,” the…
Mateusz Morawiecki, the prime minister, has opened a new PepsiCo factory in southwestern Poland that should create 600 jobs. The factory, PepsiCo’s fifth plant in Poland, will produce potato crisps for its Frito-Lay brand. During the opening ceremony in the town of Swiete, which lies close to Sroda Slaska, the prime minister said the plant…
Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Vitalii Holovnia met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Czech Republic to Ukraine Radek Matula. The parties discussed areas of cooperation between the countries in the fisheries sector. In particular, the issue of stocking the Dnipro River reservoirs, exchange of experience and best practices in…