The Ukrainian Agro Connection agricultural service cooperative (ASCO) and the Ukrainian Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food agreed on cooperation in the cooperation of private farms, small and medium agricultural enterprises. They also discussed a number of key issues in the agricultural sector.
The day before the meeting with the First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy Taras Vysotsky the head of Ukrainian Agro Connection Bohdan Kupriyanov informed “Interfax-Ukraine” agency about the meeting.
“The result of the communication has really pleased us, because we have agreed on further cooperation and support from the government in the cooperation of farms, small and medium agricultural enterprises,” he told the agency.
According to Kupriyanov, the sides also discussed de-mining of land plots, fields and reclamation systems liberated from the Russian occupation, restoration of destroyed agricultural enterprises, as well as opportunities for international funding and support for farmers to maintain global food security.
The head of the agricultural cooperative stressed that the joint activities of the agrarians will enable its members to sell their products in new international markets at world market prices. It is also possible to jointly solve the problem of storage of the harvested crops, organization of their own processing of agricultural products, getting access to the best equipment and additional sources of funding.
“We see the future of the Ukrainian farmer in combining and focusing on the aspect of processing, which will provide a stable flow of additional profits, as well as the formation of the purchase of joint wholesale lots of fuel, fertilizers, crop protection products, seeds. Our approach is based on technologies and ideas which will serve the needs of agrarians and save them money, time and resources which they can use for other projects,” Kupriyanov explained.
Kupriyanov also emphasized that Ukrainian Agro Connection will hold a meeting of Ukrainian agrarians with state representatives, agribusiness experts and cooperators “360° cooperation” on March 10, 2023, to identify the main problems of the industry and together find ways to solve them.
The head of the SOC also reminded that the agricultural cooperative was created at the end of 2021 by the owner of the agroholding A.G.R.. Group owner Misak Khidiryan, and now it includes farmers with a total land bank of 17 thousand hectares.
The holding A.G.R. Group Holding includes more than 20 companies. The main fields of its activities are trade of agricultural products, cultivation and storage of crops, as well as cattle breeding.
A.G.R. Group cultivates land in Poltava, Kiev, Chernigov, Nikolaev and Sumy regions. All grown products are sold on foreign markets.
The president of the holding and head of its supervisory board is businessman Misak Khidirian.
