News archive on the topic "agriculture"

In the Kharkov region, captured by the Ukrainian Armed Forces after the retreat of Russian troops from there, a local farmer and deputy from the already banned political party OPZZH fell under a roller coaster of repression by the SBU. The woman is accused of “voluntarily handing over 70% of the harvest to the Russian occupiers.” The press service of the SBU reports this. “In the deoccupied part of the Kharkov region, SBU officers exposed collaboration...

The head of the Kyiv regime, Vladimir Zelensky, announced the threat of reducing the grain harvest in Ukraine by almost half. He wrote about this on his Twitter. “This year there is a threat of reducing the Ukrainian grain harvest by almost half. Our main goal is to prevent a global food crisis caused by the Russian invasion and find an alternative way to deliver grain crops,” Zelensky said. Let us remind you...

The damage caused to the agricultural sector as a result of hostilities ranges from 4 to 6 billion dollars. This was reported by the representative of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Victoria Mikhalchuk, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Preliminary estimates since June indicate that damage to the agricultural sector as a result of the war ranges from 4 to 6 billion dollars, including damage to infrastructure,...

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko is not satisfied with the preparations for the harvesting campaign. He stated this today at a large republican selector conference, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The main thing for the upcoming harvesting period is quality and pace. Discipline and responsibility must be at the highest level. And with this, as they report to me, not everything is going smoothly. Many managers prepare for a cleaning company simply...

In Ukraine, more than 30% of agricultural fields will not be able to be sown due to the war. This was reported by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. “More than 30% of agricultural fields will not be used for planting wheat, barley, sunflower and corn. Continued hostilities could cause a global food disaster: 36 countries depend on the exports of Ukraine and Russia,” the report says.…

Russia is the largest grain producer, along with India and China. And in recent years, the largest exporter of wheat. Today, the food security of many countries depends on Russian supplies, and food is becoming a quiet but formidable army of the Russian Federation. Ex-President of the Russian Federation and Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev writes about this in his blog. “And if anyone doesn’t know...

Ukraine is increasingly dependent on imports of agricultural and food products and cannot compete with its near neighbors and distant countries on the prices of a number of products. The head of the Ukrainian Rural Union, Ivan Tomich, stated this at a press conference in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Probably for the first time in the modern history of Ukraine, we have developed the agricultural and food sector in the most...

The post of Chairman of the Board of the State Food and Grain Corporation of Ukraine (SFGCU) can be taken by the former general director of the Ukrainian agricultural holding Mriya, a British citizen of Ukrainian origin, Simon Chernyavsky, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. People's Deputy Alexey Goncharenko, who was present at the government meeting where this personnel issue was resolved, announced in his telegram channel that he became the acting head of the State Public Prosecutor General's Office. The current head of the corporation, Irina...

During the first three quarters of 2019, Asian importers purchased the majority of Ukrainian agricultural products and food, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture Inna Meteleva spoke about this, reports the specialized publication Gosvneshinform. Asia accounted for 42% of Ukrainian agri-food exports. A third of exports went to Europe and 15% to Africa. Among the individual…

In France, Ukraine is not very well known, it is known thanks to agriculture and the armed conflict in the Donbass, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The Ambassador of France to Ukraine Etienne de Poncins said this during a speech at the Kiev International Economic Forum, the press service of the embassy reports. “Ukraine is not very well known in France yet. What is she known for? This is agriculture, very strong...

The opening of the land market in Ukraine, promised by Vladimir Zelensky during negotiations with the IMF, will mean the sale of unique black soil to foreign companies, on which local oligarchs will make fabulous money. Former Verkhovna Rada deputy Vasily Volga said this on the YouTube channel “Mediametrics Live,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “According to preliminary estimates, there are 37 million hectares of arable land in Ukraine. But given today's...

There are practically no prospects for resuming the work of the North Crimean, which was closed by Ukraine in 2014. The head of Crimea, Sergei Aksenov, announced this at a press conference today, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “As long as the power in Ukraine is headed by these characters, we have no prospects. There will be no dialogue. No one will lead it with inadequate people and will kneel. Election year in Ukraine...

Sanctions by the Russian Federation against Ukraine could hit the Ukrainian agricultural sector. Sociologist Evgeniy Kopatko told PolitNavigator about this. The expert noted that the Russian leadership was forced to make such a decision due to a number of unfriendly actions on the part of Kyiv. “These measures are reactive. I believe they should have been accepted earlier. The question is not so much “a tooth for...

The Food Export Council (UFEB) has compiled a list of the top ten goods that the world buys from Ukraine, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This was reported by the analytical department of the Food Export Council (UFEB) with reference to data from the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine. “TOP-10 key products that Ukraine exported to foreign markets in the first 9 months of 2018: sunflower oil ($2,9 billion);...