Agriculture

Agricultural land investment in Ukraine

Agricultural land in Ukraine is one of the best mid and long-term investment opportunities in the world. While many arable land plots worldwide get deteriorated by intensive conventional (chemical) farming practices, Ukraine’s  black soils, aka Chernozem, have managed to stay much less harmed by humanity’s most dangerous and delusive “inventions”: toxic pesticides and synthetic chemical [...]

Organic Agriculture venture set decades backward by Pinchuk’s Fund

The largest organic agricultural project in Ukraine, Maharishi Organic Agriculture has been set to unprecedented conversion to conventional chemical farming by the new owners, the ICON Private Equity fund, the investment vehicle of Viktor Pinchuk.  Mr Pinchuk was the organizer and the sponsor in the spring of 2008 of a public concert in Kiev of [...]

EBRD and World Bank urge policy steps to boost investments in Ukraine’s agriculture

Ukraine has potential to significantly increase food output. Once called breadbasket of Europe, Ukraine’s soil’s agri-ecological potential is only used for 40 percent.

Bread Basket of Europe

Bread basket of Europe is an old description of Ukraine. Among all the associations foreigners have with Ukraine, the oldest and still valid assertion that Ukraine is the bread basket of Europe. So, why is Ukraine called the “Bread Basket of Europe?”

Sustainable evolution of the Ukrainian market

Ukrainian consumers’ behaviour is changing to sustainable consumption despite the financial crisis. Without any marketing efforts, Ukrainians are going back to “grandma’s recipes” and village markets or bulk home deliveries for basic fruit and vegetables at prices below supermarkets’ bids.

EBRD supports Agricultural Commodity Production and Pre-harvest Financing in Ukraine

The EBRD is providing a loan of up to USD 30 million to Ukraine’s Desnagrain, a wholly owned subsidiary of French agricultural cooperative Champagne C?r?ales, in a move that EBRD believes will support the local [Ukrainian] farming sector. Desnagrain was established in 2006 as a spin-off from a leading European malt producer Malteurop, another subsidiary [...]