19.03.2014
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Lack of funds may cut Ukraine 2014 grain harvest by 11 mln T -analyst
Ukraine, gripped by political turmoil for more than three months, could lose about 11 million tonnes of grain in the 2014 harvest due to a sharp decrease in sowing area caused by a shortage of funds, analyst UCAB said on Monday.
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20% of agricultural lands in Ukraine can stay not sown
As of March 13, 306 thousand hectares of land are sown by grains and legumes, mainly in Southern and Eastern Ukraine, which is 11% of the anticipated cultivated areas. Losses of most agricultural crops last year, and the lack of any funding caused by the difficult economic and political situation in Ukraine may lead to significant losses of grains and oilseeds harvest in 2014. Thus, by estimation of the President of Association "Ukrainian Agribusiness Club” (UCAB) Alex Lissitsa, farmers will not be able to sow 20% of agricultural lands, that will lead to a loss of 11.1 million tons of the harvest or 25.1 billion revenue at current prices.
more13.03.2014
Shvaika: Bills allowing domestic products to enter EU market to be approved
A thorough analysis of the Ukrainian legislative initiatives in the agricultural sector has been made on the initiative of Ukrainian Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Ihor Shvaika and with the assistance of experts and representatives of relevant organizations and agribusiness. Thus, six bills have been already signed and sent for approval to the central authorities in order to accelerate the European integration processes in this sphere, the Minister said at a press briefing on March 11, Government Portal reports.
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