Agriculture in the Black Sea Region

UN expert welcomes Hungary‘s commitment to address impact of industrial pollution

: Published on Friday, 12 October 2012 01:02

United Nations independent expert yesterday welcomed Hungary‘s commitment to address the environmental impact of the industrial accident that occurred at the Ajka aluminium plant in 2010, and called for greater efforts to make polluting companies more accountable, UN Website reports. "Justice is distorted when the victim pays for the conduct of...

Ukrainian milk to include less vegetable fats

: Published on Thursday, 11 October 2012 11:04

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine intends to reduce the standards for amount of vegetable fats in the Ukrainian milk and dairy products, minister of agrarian policy and food Mykola Prysyazhnyuk told a briefing, ForUm correspondent reports. "Our task is to harmonize standards with the EU and the CIS countries. The first step has been taken, as we...

German-Ukrainian Agrarian Dialogue project continues

: Published on Thursday, 11 October 2012 09:48

A series of seminars will be carried out this year within the project "German-Ukrainian Agrarian Dialogue". Such an agreement is reached during the meeting of the State Agency of Land Resources of Ukraine head Serhiy Tymchenko with representatives of the "German-Ukrainian Agrarian Dialogue" and the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, Govern...

150 million UAH paid to farmers for youngster maintenance

: Published on Thursday, 11 October 2012 06:55

Since June, the government paid 150 million UAH to private farms for the maintenance of calves, agrarian policy and food minister Mykola Prysiazhniuk told a briefing, ForUm correspondent reports. "We have implemented a program on the maintenance of young animals. We pay 250 UAH for calves under one year of life on a quarterly basis throughout the...