Belarusian companies consider Ukrainian ports as an alternative to the Baltic for exporting their products. This was announced by the head of the Administration of the Seaports of Ukraine Rajwis Wezkahans, the agency reported.
Ukraine and China plan to double the mutual trade turnover to $ 10 billion, and they are also considering new opportunities for cooperation in the agrosphere, construction, primarily infrastructure facilities, in energy and other areas. It is reported by the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers, agronews.ua reported.
In 2017 more than 200 joint Kazakh-Ukrainian enterprises were set up on the territory of Kazakhstan. This was announced on September 25 at the conference "Kazakhstan-Ukraine: Organic Foods” by the deputy ambassador of Kazakhstan in Ukraine Arnur Tanbal, APK-Inform reported.
The Office of the National Investment Council in Ukraine is working on proposals for the development of cooperation, made by Iryna Palamar, head of the Ukrainian Stock Breeders Association (the USBA) and a public figure, as part of the discussion of the Roadmap for Improving the Investment Climate in Agriculture.
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine will consider a draft law on reform of agricultural cooperation in September after returning from summer vacations. This was stated by the deputy chairman of the agrarian committee of the parliament Oleksandr Bakumenko, the correspondent of Agronews reported.
Stock breeding in private farms can only develop if cooperatives or clusters develop, and there will be no other way. This was reported by the Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine on European Integration Olha Trofimtseva during a press conference.
According to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy, at the end of 2017, there were 1125 cooperatives in Ukraine, of which 610 are working, while others exist only on paper. This is reported by liga.net.
The implementation of the Concept for the Development of Farms and Agricultural Cooperatives for 2018-2020 is a tool for ensuring sustainable economic growth of rural communities through the development of agrarian entrepreneurship. After all, most people living in rural areas are engaged in agriculture, of which more than 90% are small producers, farmers and households, agronews.ua reports.