Agriculture in the Black Sea Region

Ukrainian agrarians have sown winter crops at 91% of the planned area

: Published on Friday, 19 October 2012 06:49

This year‘s sowing campaign is in its final stage, Government Portal reports. As of October 18, domestic agrarian producers sow by winter crops 91% of predicted sown areas that is 7.4million hectares. So, winter wheat has been sown at 6.3million hectares or 95% of the forecast, rye- 301hectares, that is 98% of the predicted area. This was told by...

Ukrainian cheese returns to Russia

: Published on Friday, 19 October 2012 05:27

Ukrainian dairy companies have managed to restore the volume of exports of cheese to Russia, ForUm reports. In particular, the chairman of the Ukrmolprom board of directors‘ Vasyliy Bondarenko said that August was the first month since the beginning of the year, when the Ukrainian producers of cheese managed to reach the volume of exports to R...

Introduction of land market to stimulate development of agriculture, says president

: Published on Friday, 19 October 2012 04:06

Agricultural sector is a promising sphere for investment in Ukraine, President Viktor Yanukovych said at the 5th International Investment Summit in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, on Thursday, NRCU reports. However, he said that Ukraine's unique potential in the agricultural sector remains unrealized, so in the context of the global food crisis...

Supranational EU bank supervision system to be drawn up by 2013

: Published on Friday, 19 October 2012 03:34

The EU is due to be through with drawing up a supranational Pan-European bank supervision system by January 1st 2013. This came in a statement by the European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso following the first day of the EU summit, Voice of Russia reports referring to ITAR-TASS. He said that bank supervision is a key element of a future...