21.03.2014
European Commission offers Ukraine a further EUR 1 bln
The European Commission has proposed allocating a further EUR 1 billion in macro-financial assistance to Ukraine.
more21.03.2014
Ukraine, EU sign political part of Association Agreement
Ukraine and the European Union on Friday in Brussels signed a political part of the Association Agreement within the meeting of the EU supreme political governing body - the European Council. The document has been signed by Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk and heads of state and government of the 28 EU members states, Ukrinform's Belgium correspondent reported.
more20.03.2014
Imports of pig fat (lard) for the last five years has increased by 30%
In 2013 Ukraine has imported 44.4 ths t of pig fat (lard) that is 30% more than five years ago. It was informed by the Association "Ukrainian Agribusiness Club” (UCAB).
more19.03.2014
Egypt finds cheap US wheat, but no Ukraine offers
Ukraine has failed, again, to offer wheat to an Egyptian wheat tender, amid talk of the country's crisis troubling merchants and elevating prices, even as values in France and the US have come back into contention.
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Yatsenyuk: Ties with EU and Russia not considered on 'either-or' principle
The signature of the economic part of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU has been postponed so that it did not lead to negative consequences for the industrial regions in the east of the country, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk has said in his address to the residents of Ukraine’s southern and eastern regions, NRCU reports.
more18.03.2014
Global database for land usage released by FAO
An overview of land cover and land use across the world has been gathered for the first time in a database released by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), UN Radio reports.
more18.03.2014
EC to approve EUR1.6 bln macro financial aid to Ukraine on March 19
Macro financial assistance loans to Ukraine of EUR 1.6 billion, declared by European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, will be submitted to the European Commission for approval next Wednesday, NRCU reports.
more18.03.2014
Ukraine turmoil could spark 'food crisis'
Ukraine is at risk of seeing a food "crisis" emerge from its political turmoil, the Ukrainian Agribusiness Club said, warning that the country's "difficult" situation may cost it 11m tonnes in grains production.
more17.03.2014
FAO: Crops rejected for containing traces of GMOs
Up to 26 countries around the world have blocked the import of a range of non-GMO crops because they were found to contain traces of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs), UN Radio says referring to the the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) report.
more17.03.2014
Agriculture ministry says subsidiaries of Agrarian Fund could be liquidated
Two subsidiaries of the Agrarian Fund – Agrofund-grain and Agrofinfund – which were created in early 2014, could be liquidated if their creation is proved inappropriate during an audit.
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