In Ukraine, only 471 thousand hectares are engaged in organic production, they need to increase, because the country keeps the course on deep processing, said the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Vitaly Koval at the conference dedicated to the organic market of Ukraine and its prospects.
“Regarding the first: organics is the closest to the settlement of all EU legislative processes. And if we are now among the top five in the supply of organic products to Europe, our task is to become the first. We have the space, the desire and the experience that our people have,” the press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food quoted him as saying.
Koval emphasized the importance of exporting finished products, not raw materials. At the same time, they should meet the EU requirements.
