Ukraine and Nigeria have agreed to elaborate further on information that will ensure the effective implementation of Grain from Ukraine, a program to supply Ukrainian food to famine-stricken countries in Africa and Asia.
According to the website of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food on Friday, the Minister of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine Nikolay Solsky and Federal Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Mohammad Mahmud Abubakar discussed ways to implement the humanitarian initiative in practice.
The parties voiced their vision of cooperation at all stages of the implementation of the humanitarian mission. They discussed, in particular, the possibilities of transportation of products and available types of crops for supply.
As reported, the Grain from Ukraine humanitarian program, which was announced by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at a speech before the G-20 and which will be implemented in partnership with the UN WFP, provides for the provision of grain to at least 5 million people until the end of spring 2023.
As part of the program, Ukraine has decided to send some of its grain reserves to those African countries where there is already a hunger problem. Some of the grain ready for export can be purchased by the project participating states, thereby international partners can simultaneously support the Ukrainian economy in a difficult situation and help poor African countries.
By the end of November 2002, more than 30 countries and international organizations had joined Grain from Ukraine, raising a total of more than $180 million.
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Greece, Estonia, EU, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Canada, Qatar, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Germany, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Romania, Slovenia, USA, Turkey, Hungary, Finland, France, Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden and Japan, as well as NATO and UN.
