Press releases
04.01.2013
930 mio UAH down the drain during New Year and Christmas holidays in Ukraine
If to take the standard holiday variety of dishes for four adults and two children, one can see that the average cost of wasted food products amounts to 180 UAH. Taking into consideration the total city population of Ukraine, festive wastes account for about 930 million UAH.
more29.11.2012
Agriproducers defined main risks for 2013
According to a survey conducted by the Association "Ukrainian Agribusiness Club" (UCAB), more than 70 percent of managers and owners of Ukrainian agricultural companies are concerned about the outlook for their work in 2013. It was mentioned by the President of UCAB Alex Lissitsa, commenting on the results of the study, conducted on the eve of the Conference "Doing Agribusiness in Ukraine: Prospects for 2013".
more23.11.2012
Bank "Credit Agricole" joined Ukrainian Agribusiness Club
PJSC "Credit Agricole Bank", a subsidiary of one of the largest banks in Europe and one of the main financial partners of agricultural producers in Ukraine, became a member of the Association "Ukrainian Agribusiness Club".
more16.11.2012
Prices for Russia farmland returned to pre-crisis level
The dynamics of the land market in the Russian Federation over the past five years shows a rise in the prices of agricultural land after their decline with the onset of the global financial crisis, as well as market revival and increase of the total number of agreements, according to the head of the assets management company JSC Group "Razgulay" (Russia), Vitaly Bochkov, who will deliver a speech during the IV International Conference "Doing Agribusiness in Ukraine: prospects for 2013", which will be held on December 6 in Kyiv.
more08.11.2012
Grain exports regulation shall be applied as last extreme measure only
Export restrictions in the grain market is the last of the possible options for its control and shall be applied only in case of extreme necessity - the Association "Ukrainian Agribusiness Club" (UCAB) stated.
more06.11.2012
Dynamics of prices for bread must be accompanied by social care - UCAB
In case of the increase in prices for bakery products the government must provide compensation to people with low income. This was stated by the Association "Ukrainian Agribusiness Club" (UCAB), commenting on the widespread news about the possibility of increase of price for bread up to 5 UAH.
more26.10.2012
Freight car deficit may stop grain production development in Ukraine
Freight car deficit for transportation of grain and oil-bearing crops may become the limiting factor for further increase in production of grains and oilseeds in Ukraine. This was stated by the Association "Ukrainian Agribusiness Club" (UCAB).
more26.10.2012
Modern pomiculture in search of new “niches”
UCAB experts claim that a new stage in pomiculture starts in Ukraine – the phase of search of new "niches". More investors calculate the possibility of establishment of walnut, apricot, cherry or peach orchards. That is the deficit of these crops that the market suffers for the last 5 years. The main factors that limit the growing of these crops is low temperature in winter, sudden temperature fluctuations, spring frosts during flowering, lack of heat, high summer temperatures and lack of rainfalls during the vegetation season.
more06.09.2012
Pasta instead of meat
According to the survey of AgriSurvey Agency of the Association "Ukrainian Agribusiness Club" (UCAB), the cost of pork production in Ukraine is one of the highest in the world. The main reasons are the high feed and power costs. At the same time, experts of Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) claim that there exists a global problem of excessive use of resources for the production of meat. In the long term, they predict a decline of the culture of meat consumption in the world.
more08.08.2012
Production of horticultural saplings increased by 40% over last 5 years
In the last 5 years the tendency of the increase in horticultural saplings production in Ukraine remains at the average annual level of 12-15%.
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