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German chemical giant BASF wants to boost Ukrainian agriculture

German BASF, the world’s largest chemical producer, is a household name in agriculture, where its pesticides are widely used. Even Ukraine’s fertile …
Asami Terajima

State Grain Corporation head Vlasenko tries to flee amid $57 million fraud investigation

Editor’s Note: This story has been updated with new developments on Aug. 13. Andriy Vlasenko, head of the State Food and Grain Corporation of Ukraine, …
Dylan Carter

Average price per hectare reaches $1,490

The average price per hectare of farmland has reached $1,490 (Hr 40,000) with 3,498 of land agreements having been concluded as of Aug. 3. The total …
Kvitka Perehinets

Ukrainian entrepreneurs launch online platform to prepare for land market opening

On June 23, Alex Lissitsa, the CEO of Ukraine’s leading agriculture holding IMC, and virtual bank Monobank cofounder Dmytro Dubilet announced the …
Alexander Query

Grain exports help revive rivers; new law may pollute Dnipro

Nature gave Ukraine’s economy the Dnipro River — the fourth-longest river in Europe that big businesses can use to transport cargo to the ports of the …
Natalia Datskevych

As land goes on sale, agriculture industry expects boom to follow

This year, the local agriculture industry will face its biggest challenge since the country’s independence. Starting in July, the government will lift …
Alexander Query

Business Focus: Agribusiness in Ukraine

Editor’s Note: Business Focus: Agribusiness in Ukraine takes a look at the Ukrainian agriculture industry. For that, the Kyiv Post team has …
Kyiv Post

Conflict of interests? Plenty of them as MPs with agroholding ties decide public policy

Editor’s Note: Our latest Legal Quarterly magazine is out. Get a PDF version online or pick up a copy in Kyiv. In 2017, two anti-corruption activists …
Oleksiy Sorokin

Trade restrictions curb sales of Ukrainian agricultural products

Editor’s Note: Our latest Legal Quarterly magazine is out. Get a PDF version online or pick up a copy in Kyiv. Ukrainian agricultural industry has …
Vyacheslav Hnatyuk

Ukrainian berry market grows fast despite serious hurdles

Editor’s Note: Our latest Legal Quarterly magazine is out. Get a PDF version online or pick up a copy in Kyiv. The demand for berries — a food full of …
Natalia Datskevych

Ukraine’s agricultural sector needs more small, medium enterprises

Editor’s Note: Our latest Legal Quarterly magazine is out. Get a PDF version online or pick up a copy in Kyiv. Small and medium enterprises, …
Gabriel Hardy-Françon

Why does Ukraine export more commodities than pricier finished goods?

Editor’s Note: Our latest Legal Quarterly magazine is out. Get a PDF version online or pick up a copy in Kyiv. Ukrainian companies would benefit from …
Gabriel Hardy-Françon

Lawyers talk about best way to end ban on farmland sales

Editor’s Note: Our latest Legal Quarterly magazine is out. Get a PDF version online or pick up a copy in Kyiv. For the past 17 years, Ukraine’s …
Vyacheslav Hnatyuk

Ukrainian tech firm makes farming look like a video game

Editor’s Note: Our latest Legal Quarterly magazine is out. Get a PDF version online or pick up a copy in Kyiv. Imagine one of those computer games …
Denys Krasnikov

Shmorhun: ‘Agriculture is really a crisis buster for Ukraine’

All is not gloomy in Ukraine’s economy. Among other sectors, including information technology, agriculture — driven by Ukraine’s fertile soil and …
Will Cohen

Agriculture booms despite unpunished corruption

The key numbers regarding Prysyazhnyuk, the minister under disgraced President Viktor Yanukovych, ousted 19 months ago, are: 160 – the number of …
Olena Gordiienko
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Brian Bonner

Pavlenko hopes for $450 million by selling state agriculture firms

Agriculture Minister Oleksiy Pavlenko plans to do just that by selling 75 percent of the 571 state-owned enterprises on his balance sheet and fetch up …
Olena Gordiienko

ADM buys out stake in seed facility

US-based agriculture giant Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) has consolidated full control over a Ukrainian sunflower seed processing facility. The …
Maria Aksyonova
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