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.
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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…
Despite common poverty, rural Ukraine and rural Belarus now two different worlds, Lavnikevych says
Many people make the mistake of judging countries on the basis of life in the capital cities, but…
Why Ukrainian agribusiness cannot prevent property raiding for now
2016-2017 saw Ukrainian farmers sink beneath the pressure and strength of property raiders. Law-enforcement officials have been unable…
Biogas plant opens in frontline Volnovakha this year
The first biogas plant in Eastern Ukraine is set to open this year in Volnovakha, a government-controlled half-way…
Oleksandr the Good Shepherd
Fifteen years ago, more than a hundred people lived in Desyatyny, Zhytomyr Oblast. Today, this rural community counts…
Strawberries bring prosperity to Ukrainian village
The residents of the village of Losiatyn, in the Kremenets district in Ternopil Oblast, are not waiting for support…
A story of Ukrainian exports to Europe: walnuts served to the Dutch royal family
The tumultuous economy of the 1990 s affected Ukrainians in very different ways: some lost virtually all they…