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russian strikes on agricultural processing enterprises are creating additional risks for Ukraine’s agricultural sector and the global food market, as damage to production facilities affects demand for raw materials and opportunities for their sale.

Walnuts are an almost zero-waste crop. And income can be generated not only from selling the kernels. Oil is pressed from them, macerates are produced, while the press cake left after pressing is processed into flour and other food products. Even green walnuts, partitions, shells and leaves can be put to use. Thus, a single harvest can provide a producer with several value-added products at once.

Green Clover is a hydroponic farm in Khmelnytskyi Region that grows basil. Today, its capacity allows it to produce up to 40 kg of fresh herbs per week. But the farm did not stop at growing: some of the basil is dried and processed into powder, while surplus fresh herbs are used to make Ukrainian pesto. The farm is also experimenting with other products — it recently produced a test batch of dried tomatoes with basil.

The Swedish family-owned company Kiviks Musteri, spanning five generations, is located in one of the most picturesque and environmentally valuable regions of southern Sweden — Österlen. Its grounds are literally immersed in a landscape shaped by nature, with Hanö Bay, Stenshuvud National Park and the company’s own apple orchards nearby.

Five years ago, energy professionals Iryna and Oleksandr Karabut could hardly have imagined that beekeeping would become their business. Having started with 10 beehives at their summer cottage, today they run an apiary near Kryvyi Rih with more than a hundred bee colonies and process all the honey they harvest.

Problems with the maritime export of agricultural products could stimulate the development of domestic processing in Ukraine.

In autumn, there are plenty of apples in Zakarpattia. Sometimes, too many. They fall into the grass and lie beneath old trees. Until the 2000s, these apples could usually be sold for fairly good money. However, 15–20 years ago, people did not know what to do with their harvest. Old orchards began to decline, and local residents saw no point in taking care of the trees because they had stopped generating income. The work invested in them was no longer worthwhile, either financially or emotionally.

Installation of the steel framework for the walls and roof of the first phase of Ukraine’s largest potato processing plant has begun at the Biosens Industrial Park in the Cherkasy region.

Ukrainian company Dairy Global Experts plans to implement a $160 million project to build a high-tech cattle slaughtering and primary meat processing complex in the Cherkasy region. To finance the project, the company intends to attract $150 million in investment.

In June, Ukraine officially opened negotiations with the European Union under the first negotiating cluster, Fundamentals. There are hopes that all negotiating clusters will be opened by the end of the summer, including the one covering the agricultural sector — Cluster 5, which encompasses agricultural policy, food safety, and fisheries.

Agro Energy Group plans to build a deep-processing plant for yellow peas in the Kyiv region, with an annual processing capacity of 35,000 tonnes.

Ukraine should focus not on increasing the volume of agricultural products exported to the EU, but on producing value-added goods that can be exported beyond the EU and help feed global markets.

Milk processing volumes in Ukraine remained stable in 2025 at around 3.2 million tonnes. Consumption of dairy products also remained virtually unchanged at 209 kg per person.

The transition of Ukraine’s potato sector from a raw-material model to value creation through the development of industrial processing will significantly strengthen competitiveness, stabilize producers’ incomes, and facilitate integration into European and global markets.

The security situation and the location of the processing facilities on the left bank do not allow UkrOliya to embark on large investment projects. Instead, the company has chosen a strategy of increasing production efficiency and pursuing intensive development by improving processes at its existing production facilities.

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