Press releases
04.11.2016
Agribusiness can lose up to USD 1.2 billion annually because of the populist members of parliament
The experts of UCAB note that enactment of a Bill No.5300 on additional export duty will completely destroy the investment climate in Ukraine and can lead to loosing investments amounting to USD 1.2 billion annually for the agricultural sector.
more01.11.2016
UCAB supports raising of minimum wage
The Association ‘Ukrainian Agribusiness Club’ supports raising of the minimum wage up to UAH 3,200, and considers that this decision is aimed at supporting the rural population as well as reducing the ‘gray’ wages amount.
more20.10.2016
The state will subsidize the most profitable culture in 2015
Last year, according to the State Statistics Committee profitability of buckwheat was the highest among other crops and was estimated by 100%. Thus the draft of budget for 2017 provided subsidies for growing this financially attractive culture.
more05.10.2016
Agricultural producers will save 119 million dollars on expanding quotas
According to UCAB estimates, savings by increasing the quota for tax-free export of agricultural products to the European Union may be around 119 million dollars. The biggest savings observed in the group of grain and its processing products.
more27.09.2016
Business climate in the agriculture sector of Ukraine improves significantly
APD and UCAB have conducted the fourth survey on agri business climate index (ABI), which consists of agri business climate, representing an evaluation of current economic situation and expectations, as well as of agri business index, which indicates changes in the evaluation of the current situation. Mainly individual households but also crop producers have significantly increased their evaluation of agriculture business climate in Ukraine. The surveyed agriculture producers link the enhancement of business climate particularly to the impact by general policies as well as to state support for agriculture.
more21.09.2016
VII International Conference Large Farm Management was held in Kyev
VII International Conference Large Farm Management was held on September 22, 2016, in Kyev. It was organized by the Association “Ukrainian Agribusiness Club” (UCAB) and Agency AgriEvent in cooperation with the Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition (IAMO). The main purpose of the event was to discuss key aspects of strategic decisions and management agribusiness problems in a wide range of representatives of the sector. 300 representatives of the leading agricultural companies in Ukraine, CIS and European countries, international organizations and academic institutions attended the conference.
more15.09.2016
Deficit of fuel and grain hoppers is the main problem of grain logistics in 2016
Roundtable on "Deficit of grain hoppers within export logistics” held 14 September at 11.00 a.m. in the office of AgroGeneration. There were representatives from agricultural and logistics companies, exporting companies, and representatives from authority and Ukrzaliznytsia among the participants of the roundtable.
more12.09.2016
The topic of the third module of «AgriSchool» was a preparation of feed
8-9 September 2016 Cherkasy city hosted the third module of AgriSchool UCAB called "Management dairy business 2016. Preparation of feed: hay, haylage, silage".
more12.09.2016
UCAB calls the Government to speed up the registration of plant protection products
In an open letter to the Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman, the Association "Ukrainian Agribusiness club" and the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine called the Government to solve the problem of restoring the state registration of new plant protection products immediately.
more25.08.2016
Agrarian business associations against fertilizers import limitations
Agribusiness NGOs in Ukraine do not support administrative price regulations asking for abolishment of anti-dumping custom duties for ammonium nitrate and other additional implementations of duties for carbamide, mixed ammonium nitrate with carbamide.
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