27.07.2017

Ukraine has increased its share on the world oats market

Over the past 10 years, Ukraine's share on the international oats market has increased from 0.6% in 2007 to 1.5% in 2016 - the total world trade amounted 2.9 mln tons. Thus, Ukraine's exports increased from 16, 5 thous. tons in 2007 to 42 thous. tons in 2016.

27.07.2017

This year the yield of peas is lower by 20 %

This year, Ukrainian farmers will gather the yield of peas from the area of ​​405 thous. ha, that is 70% more than the last year – that will be the highest rate in the last 15 years.

21.07.2017

Global trends in world meat trade

Every year the number of people on the planet increases and, at the same time, consumer tastes are changing. Despite the widespreading of vegetarianism in the world, we have the opposite trend - the growth of demand of various types of meat, especially in Asian countries, where the increase in household incomes leads to an increase in protein consumption. The main players on the meat market are: the USA, Brazil and the EU. How will consumers' tastes change by 2025 and where the market will move?

21.07.2017

Victor Bobrovsky says Ukraine has great potential in biogas production

The use of biogas plants is difficult to overestimate for the current agribusiness. Their application helps to reduce the environmental impact by limiting greenhouse gas emissions. Denmark has a leading place among the industrialized countries in the production of biogas. Biogas occupies up to 18% of total energy balance of this country. Germany also occupies the leading place in the number of medium and large biogas plants (8 thous. on its territory). In Western Europe, at least half of all farms are heated by biogas. Biogas is a universal fuel that can be burned in boilers or used in special installations for the production of electricity and heat.

15.06.2017

Level of investments in agricultural sector exceeded the pre-crisis period

Following on from the results of I quarter of 2017 level of investment in the agricultural sector reached USD 403 million and exceeded pre-crisis period. Pace of investment growth is recovered evidencing positive expectations of agricultural companies.

31.05.2017

Ukraine is strengthening control over illegal trafficking of chemicals

Association ‘UCAB’ will join the interagency working group that will work on implementation and to bring our standards in line with the provisions of the World Agreement on Control of Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade (Rotterdam Convention). Illegal trafficking of chemicals

01.02.2017

The British named major competitive advantages of the Ukrainian agribusiness

On 27 January in Kyiv the British agricultural producers shared their impressions of a visit to the Ukrainian agricultural enterprises that took place from 23 to 28 January. The trip to Ukraine was arranged by Syngenta Company supported by the British Embassy in Ukraine. The British agricultural producers visited Poltava and Zhytomyr regions, joined the field crops conference ‘Workshop of Farmer’ supported by Syngenta in Kharkiv. The final destination of the visit was Kyiv where they told reporters about experience gained during trips to agricultural farms, and evaluated potential of the agricultural sector in Ukraine.

23.12.2016

Syngenta held a charity exhibition to support children with disabilities

A charity exhibition fair of children’s works ‘Workshop of Dreams’ initiated by the leading international company ‘Syngenta’ together with a gallery of modern art ‘Garna Gallery’ took place on 22 December 2016. Pupils of creative studio ‘DIMFO’, which educates children with disabilities, showed their works.

13.12.2016

How will land consolidation increase income of communities?

Within 2016 1,340 land auctions were announced to be held that is by 31% more than the same period last year. The majority of these auctions is aimed at selling the right to lease agricultural lands.

01.10.2013

Issue №3. Magazine "Large Farm Management"

Magazine "Large Farm Management" – is new unique publication of UCAB. Main attention is focused on such topics as correspondence of a company’s strategy and structure, level of decentralization in decision making in agroholdings, strategies to impact on suppliers and consumers, communication channels between resources suppliers and agricultural enterprises, production efficiency and prevention of non-production losses, as well as many other aspects of management by agricultural business. Ukrainian language.

14.10.2014

While importers are dodging currency devaluation, Ukrainian pig farmers are turning a decent profit

Ukrainians have reduced consumption of foreign pork. Over nine months of 2014 pork imports to Ukraine dropped 4.2 times to 26.185 mn t (US $68.01 mn) compared to the same period in 2013, according to the State Fiscal Service. President of the Association of Pig Producers Artur Loza says the share of imports of pork in 2013 reached 25–30%.

14.10.2014

Ukraine’s moribund economy hurting many

At a protest outside the Central Bank in Kyiv, with ordinary Ukrainians finding it punishingly difficult to pay for basic goods, they have been demonstrating against monetary policy.

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