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International online conference on the export of Ukrainian organic products during the war

Online conference, 2024, October 15, 10:00-12:30 AM, EEST 

Ukraine continues to develop organic production even under challenging conditions, providing the world with high-quality products. In 2023, Ukraine ranked among the top 5 largest suppliers of organic products to EU countries, with exports totaling 172.1 thousand tons. The largest importers of Ukrainian goods include the Netherlands, Germany, and Austria.

On October 15 at 10:00, the Entrepreneurship and Export Promotion Office, national project Diia.Business together with the  Organic Standard certification body and Organic Initiative, will organize the international online conference "Оrganic export from Ukraine during the war," which is being held for the third consecutive year.

The online event will feature speakers from the Ukrainian Government, domestic and international experts, and business representatives.

Moderators:

  • Oleksii Grushetskyi, Deputy Director, Entrepreneurship and Export Promotion Office 

  • Natalie Prokopchuk, Organic Component Coordinator, Swiss-Ukrainian Program “Higher Value-Added Trade from the Organic and Dairy Sector in Ukraine” (QFTP)

Main topics

 

  • Overview of the organic sector in Ukraine. Governmental programs for sustainable business. Organic export figures during the war

  • Ukrainian organic exporters: Export despite wartime challenges

  • Success stories of cooperation with the Ukrainian organic exporters from foreign buyers

Target Audience: 

Representatives of the organic sector, international partners, and foreign stakeholders.

Language of the event: English with simultaneous interpretation into Ukrainian

Platform: Online, Zoom

Agenda

10:00 - 10:20

Welcoming remarks

  • Taras Vysotskyi, First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine

  • Toralf Richter, Senior Advisor, QFTP, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL, Switzerland)

10:20 - 11:00

Overview of the organic sector of Ukraine. Governmental programs for sustainable business. Export figures during the war

  • Oleksii Grushetskyi,Deputy Director, Entrepreneurship and Export Promotion Office

  • Olga Gvozdiova, Adviser to Director, Entrepreneurship and Export Promotion Office

  • Sergiy Galashevskyy, General Manager, Organic Standard certification body

11:00 - 11:50

Ukrainian organic exporters: Export despite wartime challenges

  • Zinaida Kalmykova, marketing Manager, organic dairy producer & exporter Organic Milk LLC 

  • Yan Ostrovskyi, CEO&Founder, organic vegetable producer & exporter Stodola, LLC

  • Alla Ponomarenko, managing Partner, organic berry exporter Alta Kraina (Catanzaro Eurasia, LLC)

  • Maria Ligotska,  project manager, organic cereals & grain producer & exporter, Galeks-Agro, PE 

  • Andrіi Sazonovskyi, co-owner&CEO, amaranth producer & exporter  Healthy Generation, LLC

  • Olеna Lykhorod, CEO, organic berry producer & exporter Oril-Eco LLC / Panfruit TM  

  • Ihor Dyachok, head of Sales, organic nuts producer & exporter Ukr-Walnut LLC

  • Ivan Rudchyk, Export Department Manager, Skvyrskyi grain processing factory, LLC (Skviryanka)

11:50 - 12:00

Q&A session

12:00 - 12:30

Success stories and cooperation with the Ukrainian organic exporters from foreign buyers

 

  • Robert Slodkowicz, Biovery, Poland
  • Markus Schmidt, Arnika Organic Europe AG, Switzerland

12:30 - 12:40

Q&A session

12:40

Closing remarks

Registration — 2024, October 14, 12:00 (Kyiv time)

Registration

Contacts 

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions about the event or would like to arrange a meeting with leading Ukrainian organic exporters: Yana Yeroshenko, Project Manager, Entrepreneurship and Export Promotion Office yyeroshenko@epo.org.ua

Why Ukraine?

  • Leadership: One of the leading organic suppliers in the world and TOP 5 organic supplier to the EU
  • Diversity: More than 55 different organic products in assortment with leading corn, soybeans, and wheat
  • High quality: tasty products of superb quality confirmed by the EU and other international organic standards
  • Ready for business: Ukrainian exporters are trustworthy partners for already more than 210 companies from Europe, North America, and Asia
  • Competitively priced: one of the most cost-efficient sourcing countries in Europe
  • Sustainable: National Economic Strategy of Ukraine until 2030 has set a target for an increase in organic agricultural land in Ukraine and its export.

 

More about the Ukrainian organic sector. 

 

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This event is organized by the State Institution Entrepreneurship and Export Promotion Office, the national project  Diia.Business together with the Organic Standard certification body and Organic Initiative Public Union under the auspices of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, and supported by Switzerland within the framework of the Swiss-Ukrainian Program “Higher Value Added Trade from the Organic and Dairy Sector in Ukraine” (QFTP) implemented by the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL, Switzerland) in partnership with SAFOSO AG. a.

  • Date:
    15 жовтня 07:00 - 09:30
  • Duration:
    2,5 hours
  • Format:
    Онлайн
  • Локація:
    Ukraine, Online conference, 2024, October 15, 10:00-12:30 AM, EEST
  • Theme:
    Export, Food Industry, харчова промисловість

Application deadline:

14 жовтня 2024 year

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