Ukraine plans to supply grain to Kenya within the Grain from Ukraine humanitarian initiative. The two countries also agreed to strengthen cooperation in agriculture.
According to the website of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, the relevant issues were discussed during the meeting of the Deputy Minister Markiyan Dmytrasevych with Franklin Mithika Linturi, the Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Development of Kenya.
According to the ministry, Dmytrosevych said that Ukraine understands the severity of the food crisis in Kenya, where an unprecedented drought in 2022 led to the fact that almost 3 million people in the country are in dire need of humanitarian food aid.
In turn, the representative of Kenya noted that every year it is more and more difficult for local farmers to farm because of climate change. Kenya is trying to take measures to ensure sustainability of agricultural production, in particular, the country is interested in sharing experience with Ukraine in the use of crop technology.
As previously reported, a delegation of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy visited Senegal, Nigeria and Ghana, where they signed a memorandum of cooperation with Senegal in the field of agriculture. In addition, all three countries have expressed a desire to develop cooperation with Ukraine and a willingness to expand their ports to intensify the unloading and storage of Ukrainian grain.
As a result of the visit, Ukraine will supply 25 thousand tons of grain to Nigeria in the coming months within the Grain from Ukraine humanitarian initiative.
By the end of November 2022, more than 30 countries and international organizations joined Grain from Ukraine, raising a total of over $180 million for the purchase of Ukrainian food.
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Greece, Estonia, the EU, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Canada, Qatar, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Germany, Norway, Poland, Portugal, the Republic of Korea, Romania, Slovenia, Turkey, Finland, France, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, and the USA, as well as NATO and the UN, have reported on providing financial assistance.
