In de-occupied regions, farmers' fields are not a priority for demining. Every day there are news reports of a tractor being blown up in a field. As of mid-May, the battlefield area stands at up to 11 million hectares, almost half of which may be “contaminated” with explosive ordnance. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs,...

The SAVEUA International Charitable Foundation and the UAC in partnership with Help - Hilfe zur Selbsthilfe in the framework of the project “Emergency Aid and Protection of the Victims of the Wa...

Since the first days of the war, teams of Ukrainian AgriCouncil, SaveUa International Charitable Foundation, Milk Producers Association, “DK VET” LLC have been actively working to overcome...

Recent UN messages, including the Secretary-General's proposal to ease sanctions on Russia in exchange for grain supplies, are unacceptable. "I consider it inadmissible to ease sanctions against Russia. The fact that Ukrainian ports must be unblocked in order to export grain is true, but without easing sanctions against Russian invade...

The UAC, defending the interests of agricultural producers, appealed to the authorities to make changes in the taxation of farmers during martial law. On May 12, 2022, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted the draft Law of Ukraine №7360 "On Amendments to the Tax Code of Ukraine and other laws of Ukraine on the peculiarities of tax administratio...

The Law of Ukraine №2217-IX “On Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine on Regulation of the Legal Regime in the Temporarily Occupied Territory of Ukraine”, which deputies voted for on April...

The Ukrainian AgriCouncil (UAC) has submitted proposals to the Plan for the Recovery of Ukraine, which is being developed as part of the work of the National Council for the Recovery of Ukraine from the Consequences of War, established by the President of Ukraine. The UAC's proposals include priority initiatives for both the war and the post-war period, as well as a long-term strategy. During the war phase, the main problems are the restriction of exports due to the blockade of ports; threats to lose a part of the harvest 2021/2022 MR; increasing of logistics cost, fuel shortages du...

18 Starlink kits have been handed over to farmers in regions where hostilities had been taking place recently. Satellite Internet was provided by agricultural enterprises of the Chernihiv, Sumy, Khark...

The law aims to increase the area of ​​land on which hydrotechnical reclamation is applied and to reduce the cost of irrigating land. Today, May 6, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi signed the Law of Ukraine "On Water Users’ Organizations and Stimulation of Hydrotechnical Land Reclamation." This is a revolutio...

In Ukraine, the seizure of all vehicles of a certain type that are used on agricultural enterprises, such as trucks or tractors, is not uncommon. As a result, it completely paralyzes work. The Ukrainian AgriCouncil addressed Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal and Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Mykola Solskyi regarding the seizure of vehicles from agricultural produ...