Ukraine

The free trade agreement with Türkiye will cost Ukraine a 1.5% decline in GDP in the medium term.

Ukraine needs to protect its domestic market by launching an investigation into buckwheat imported through Kazakhstan from russia and banning such imports, as they are destabilizing the market.

The future of European and Ukrainian agriculture is not a confrontation between Ukraine and the EU, but a partnership aimed at building a stronger and more resilient agricultural sector.

In May this year, Ukraine exported 10.93 thousand tonnes of dairy products worth $32.89 million. Ice cream accounted for a quarter of the shipped products.

In October 2026, Ukraine will deposit more than 1,000 seed samples of cereal and forage crops at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, including maize, legumes, buckwheat, and rye.

The online course «Sustainable Farming: Technologies, Profitability, Innovation» has been created for farmers, consultants, students and agricultural professionals who seek to work efficiently while taking climate challenges into account, preserve soil fertility, introduce modern technologies and find practical solutions for farm development amid increased uncertainty and change.

Ukraine ranks third among sugar suppliers to the European Union, holding an 11% share of total imports.

Many agricultural producers lack systematic, high-quality and practice-oriented training that would help them implement modern sustainable technologies without unnecessary mistakes and losses. The training programme «Sustainable Farming: technologies, profitability, innovation», available on the Prometheus platform, combines practical experience from Ukraine, the United Kingdom and Switzerland.

The volume of grain and legume exports from Ukraine in the 2025/26 marketing year (ending on June 30) amounted to nearly 36.9 million tonnes as of June 26, which is 3.8 million tonnes, or 9% lessthan in the previous season.

Ukraine exported 4.9 thousand tonnes of organic nuts worth €16.6 million in 2025. Compared to the previous year, export volumes increased by 91%, while in value terms they more than doubled.

Ukraine will benefit from the earliest possible start of negotiations with the European Union in the agricultural sector.

Wheat exports from the port of Russian-occupied Mariupol have amounted to 88,800 tonnes since the beginning of 2026.

The free online course «Sustainable Farming: Technologies, Profitability, Innovation» for farmers, students, consultants and everyone interested in implementing modern approaches to sustainable farming is now available on the Prometheus platform.

A team of authors and developers has prepared a unique course consisting of 24 video lectures on the Prometheus platform in cooperation with the Royal Agricultural University (RAU, United Kingdom), Sumy National Agrarian University (SNAU, Ukraine), the Bern University of Applied Sciences (BFH, Switzerland) and the NGO «Green Agro Solutions» (Ukraine). The free online course «Sustainable Farming: Technologies, Profitability, Innovation» is now available on the Prometheus platform.

Ukrainian wheat and flour fully comply with European Union standards.

In January-June 2026, Ukraine agreed on 23 new export destinations and trade conditions for domestic agricultural and food products, already exceeding the result for the whole of 2025, when 22 new markets were opened.

Ukraine is among the regions warming faster than the global average and outpacing worldwide temperature growth rates. According to scientific research, the global average temperature has already increased by more than 1°C, while in Ukraine the average temperature has risen locally by more than 3°C.

The enemy continues to terrorize the peaceful Odesa region and is trying to obstruct the work of the Ukrainian sea corridor. Today, russians attacked two cargo ships flying the flags of Barbados and Panama in the Black Sea with drones strikes, which were sailing through the sea corridor.

China doubled its imports of sunflower meal in the 2025/26 marketing year following the suspension of Canadian canola meal supplies. At the same time, Ukraine and Kazakhstan increased their shares in supplying this product to the Chinese market, while russia’s share declined.

According to the results of January–May 2026, Ukraine’s trade turnover showed a significant imbalance. During this period, goods worth $40.5 billion were imported into the country, while export volumes were more than twice as low — only $17.5 billion.