Agricultural trade between Ukraine and EU hits record high
It has reached a record $17 billion in 2024, with Ukrainian exports accounting for nearly $13 billion, while imports increasing to $4 billion.
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AI-powered drones to help demine Ukrainian farmlands
Ukraine's agricultural giant Nibulon partners with Safe Pro to deploy AI-powered drones for detecting explosives on contaminated farmland and restoring food production.
Ukrainian companies MHP and Avangardco top Europe’s 2024 poultry and egg production rankings
MHP ranked 8th globally in poultry production, and Avangardco reached 15th place among global egg producers, per WATTPoultry International's ratings.
Ukraine to revive hemp farming, planting 8,000 hectares in 2025
Ukraine plans to revive industrial hemp cultivation, with a recent medical cannabis law simplifying the process. The government supports the initiative, recognizing hemp's industrial potential and soil-improving benefits.
Ukraine and Slovakia to expedite removal of unilateral restrictions on Ukrainian agricultural products
In 2023, Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary had introduced import restrictions on Ukrainian grain.
EU provisionally extend duty-free exports of Ukrainian agricultural products
The new agreement reportedly allow the Commission to swiftly impose measures deemed necessary if Ukrainian imports “significantly disrupt” the EU market or markets of one or more member states.
Ukraine ranks as third largest agricultural supplier to EU
From January to October 2023, Ukraine holds the third position in the volume of agricultural imports to the EU, with a total of €12.843 billion.
Ukraine demines half of farming lands designated for mine clearance
Ukraine's demining efforts show significant progress as the Ministry of Economy reports nearly half of priority farming lands cleared since the beginning of 2023.
Bulgaria bans Ukrainian sunflower imports until November
Citing concerns from domestic farmers and processors, Bulgarian ministry and the Farmers' Initiative Committee signed a two-month memorandum halting Ukrainian sunflower imports.
Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia prolong unilateral restrictions on Ukrainian grain imports, defying EU
This happens despite the European Commission's decision to lift the embargo on imports of Ukrainian produce. Bulgaria has lifted its ban and Romania is still on the fence
EU ban on Ukrainian food imports violates treaties, contradicts Ukraine’s membership goal
In violation of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU and Association Agreement with Ukraine, four EU…
EU countries to withdraw unilateral restrictions against Ukraine’s food exports, Dombrovskis says
The European Commission has reached an agreement with five countries of the European Union regarding Ukraine’s food products,…
Ukraine can’t use about 25% of sown areas due to Russian invasion – Agrarian Ministry
Ukraine’s First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Taras Vysotskyi says that due to the Russian invasion,…
Threatening Kherson farmers, Russian troops steal grain from Ukraine
“Give us your property or you will end up beheaded” Russian occupying forces continue to illegally appropriate the…
How two friends united by war turned Ukrainian shrimp from myth to reality
A company in Uzyn, a town in Ukraine’s northern Kyiv Oblast has been growing one of the largest…
“Land of opportunities”: How a Swiss woman fulfilled her dream of an organic tea business in Ukraine
Christina says it is cheaper to run a business in Ukraine, calling it the land of opportunities: The…
Occupied Crimea not only part of Ukraine suffering from water shortages, Balabukh says
Because of Moscow’s complaints against Kyiv, the entire world knows that Russian-occupied Crimea is suffering from a serious…
Drought threatens Ukraine, its relations with Russia, and regional cooperation plans
Water levels in Ukraine’s rivers and reservoirs are the lowest they have ever been since records began to…
The risk of water shortage and implications for Ukraine’s security
An abnormally dry fall, lack of meteorological winter and an early spring drought have nearly turned some regions…
Dust storms, dry rivers, and desertification in Ukraine offer harsh lessons against intensive farming
#COVID19, fires near Chornobyl, now a sandstorm – what's next, locusts, ask Kyiv residents who are being asked…
