Ukraine: Idea of creating Black Sea grain pool unrealistic - UAC
- 01.10.2013
President of the Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation (UAC) Leonid Kozachenko expressed this opinion at a press conference.
“I consider an idea of the grain (Black Sea - Ed.) pool creation unrealistic today,” he has said.
Russia: Russia welcomes money from Muslim investors
- 01.10.2013
The Tatarstan Investment Development Agency (TIDA), in conjunction with the Thomson Reuters Agency, has developed a five-year plan for the creation of a Regional Center for Islamic Finance of Russia and the CIS in Kazan.
China: Alltech Vp predicts bright future for Chinese poultry industry
- 01.10.2013
China is experiencing history’s largest and, likely, fastest ever urban shift with more than 300 million Chinese people moving to big cities. A new, empowered middle class is rising up with higher incomes, strong educations and a desire to better understand the food chain. Social media and recent food scandals have been putting pressure on the Chinese government to better manage and make fundamental changes. Meanwhile, Chinese poultry producers must increase their production efficiency to meet the increasing demand.
Belarus bans small livestock imports from Mongolia
- 30.09.2013
Belarus has restricted the imports of animals susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease from Mongolia, reported the Veterinary and Food Supervision Department of the Agriculture and Food Ministry of Belarus.
According to the World Organization for Animal Health, incidents of foot-and-mouth disease were registered in Dornod, Mongolia.
Moldova: Low temperatures hurry grape producers into collecting harvest
- 30.09.2013
The low temperatures make the producers of table grapes to hasten the gathering of the harvest. The head of the Cimislia-based Entrepreneur Cooperative “Basan Agro” Ion Baban has told that he has yet 100 tonnes of table grapes to collect and, in order to harvest them quicker, he contracted another 100 workers from a specialized organization.