Andrei Yarmak, economist and expert at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), says that traditional Georgian dessert churchkhela has a great potential to become a successful export item, as it can be sold as a healthy dessert alternative. “In Europe, the US and many countries demand for healthy food increases very fast and supermarkets are…
Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture Taras Kachka has said Ukrainian poultry producers may enter the Chinese market before the end of 2019. “Ukraine’s government officials are working with their Chinese counterparts on beginning poultry exports to China, according to Taras Kachka, Ukraine’s deputy economy minister. He was optimistic that an agreement…
Sugar beets were sown in an area covering about 7,346 hectares in Azerbaijan this year, the Ministry of Agriculture reported. “Sugar beets have been planted less this year compared to last year,” the ministry stressed. “The area sown with sugar beets is by 14.5% less this year compared to 2018,” the ministry said. “The country…
Agricultural enterprises of Sumy region have begun sugar beet harvesting campaign. According to the regional agricultural department, as of September 30, 5.8 thousand tons of sugar beet were harvested from the area of 140 ha or 15% of the total area in Sumy region. The average beet yield amounts to 41.43 tons/ha. (Ukrsugar/Business World Magazine)
Azerbaijani company Karaca Findiq signed a contract with a Belarus company for export of hazelnuts worth $1 million, Ministry of Economy reported. The contract was signed at the 28th WorldFood Moscow International Food Exhibition. Karaca Findiq company reached an agreement on the supply of 23 tons of roasted hazelnuts to Russia, 20 tons to Moldova,…
Average republican prices for beef increased by 16.76 soms, or by 5.2% as of September 27 compared to September 2018, the National Statistical Committee of Kyrgyzstan reported. The price of mutton increased by 10.69 soms, or by 3.6%. At the same time, the maximum average consumer prices for beef were recorded in Jalal-Abad, Osh and…
On September 26 “Lannivskyi Sugar Refinery” PE began new sugar-refining season. The refinery received the first tons of sugar beet for processing from its own raw material base – the fields of Lanna agro-industrial group enterprises. The sugar produced at the refinery is sufficient not only to meet the regional demand, but also to deliver…