Hazelnut producers will have the opportunity to benefit from free business advice from an American volunteer who will be in the country until February 27. The visit will take place within the USAID-funded Farmer-to-Farmer program and implemented in our country by CNFA (Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture) Moldova. American specialist Ross Penhallegon has over 50…
Georgia’s tea imports from January through November 2021 amounted to $8 million, down by 14.8%, compared to $9.4 million over the same period of 2020, the National Statistics Office (Geostat) reported. Top-5 tea exporters to Georgia were: Azerbaijan – $4.3 million, Russia – $1.5 million, Sri Lanka – $1.2 million, Turkey – $251,310 and France…
In 2021, the share of agriculture in Ukraine’s GDP was the highest among all sectors of the economy and amounted to more than 10%, Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Roman Leshchenko wrote on Telegram. “Agriculture showed the highest increase in production in 2021 – 14.4%. According to the results of the year,…
Georgia exported 5.3 million bottles of wine to 35 countries in January, up by 51% YoY, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection announced on February 8. The exports generated $11.6 million from the sale of wine abroad in January, marking an increase of 43%, according to data from the state body. The volume of…
In recent months a very dangerous trend has been observed with Latvia’s dairy industry. Since September 2021 there has been a clear difference between the highest and lowest milk procurement price for dairy farmers and milk producers, as reported by the chairman of the board of Association of Agricultural Statutory Societies Kaspars Melnis. With reference…
In 2021, supplies of raw milk to processing enterprises in Ukraine decreased by 8.9% YoY, to 3.20 million tons. In particular, 2.48 million tons of milk were purchased from agricultural enterprises (-3.1%) and 554 thousand tons were obtained from households (-24.4%). In 2021, processing enterprises received the largest supplies of raw milk from agricultural enterprises…
Ukraine imported $8.2 billion worth of agricultural products in 2021, up by 19% YoY. This information was provided by Mykola Puhachov, deputy director of the National Scientific Centre “Institute of Agrarian Economics (IAE)” with reference to the State Customs Service. In 2021, the EU countries remained the main supplier of agricultural products to Ukraine. The…