The organic sector of Ukraine continues to gain international recognition as an important player on the global organic market. Despite the ongoing challenges caused by the war, the country remains one of the key suppliers of high-quality organic products to the EU, particularly grains, oilseeds, and pulses. Additionally, Ukraine is showing a growing potential in exporting organic higher value added products, confidently presenting itself at the world’s largest organic and food trade fairs such as BIOFACH, ANUGA, SIAL, and others.
This growing international presence strengthens Ukraine’s reputation as a reliable partner in organic agriculture, with an increasing number of references to the country’s organic sector appearing in specialised international media.
Below is a list of international publications featuring the organic sector of Ukraine in the first eight months of 2024:
- Article “How Ukraine is paving the way to more organic and sustainable production” with comments of Taras Vysotskyi, First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine — 12 February 2024, organic magazine “BioHandel”, Germany.
- Article “Organic Ukraine: 40 exhibitors to come to Biofach trade fair” — 6 February 2024, online magazine “BioPress”, Germany.
- Article “Joint international support for Ukraine’s presence at world-leading organic fair Biofach 2024” — 8 February 2024, FiBL website, Switzerland.
- Video “Organic trade in time of war: women at the forefront of Ukrainian-Swiss cooperation”— 22 February 2024, FiBL Film, official YouTube page, Switzerland.
- Article “Organic Ukraine: processing is gaining importance” — 25 January 2024, online magazine “BioPress”, Germany.
- Article “Organic farming in the middle of war” — 14 February 2024, magazine “Bioaktuell.ch”, Switzerland.
- Article “Organic at the front” — 25 January 2024, online magazine “BioPress”, Germany.
- Article “Ukrainian organic agriculture will not be defeated by the war” — 24 February 2024, agriculture newspaper “Krishak Jagat”, India.
- Article “Important Ukrainian presence at Biofach 2024” — online journal “ECO-World”, Germany.
- Article “Joint international support for Ukraine’s presence at Biofach 2024” — 23 February 2024, GOPA AFC GmbH website, Germany.
- Article “Ukrainian organic agriculture will not be defeated by the war” — 23 February 2024, FiBL website, Switzerland.
- Article “38 Ukrainian companies present organic products at the international exhibition in Germany” — 14 February 2024, information agency “ČESKE NOVINY” website, Czech Republic.
- Article “Organic in wartime: how to preserve the essentials!” — 8 April 2024, online magazine “BioPress”, Germany.
- Article “Women in Ukraine are changing the world” — 8 April 2024, online magazine “BioPress”, Germany.
- Article “Ukrainian organic sector – diverse potential despite everything!” — 8 April 2024, online magazine “BioPress”, Germany.
- Podcast “Two years of war – the consequences for Ukrainian agriculture” — 19 April 2024, FiBL website, Switzerland.
- Article “Organic Ukraine – with perseverance towards Europe!” — 29 May 2024, online magazine “BioPress”, Germany.
- Article “Grain without a deal – a threatened success story” — 8 July 2024, online magazine “BioPress”, Germany.
- Article “How organic makes an impact on a large scale” — 8 July 2024, online magazine “BioPress”, Germany.
- Article “Ukraine: Economic development through organic production” — 14 June 2024, information center for Swiss agriculture “Lid.ch”, Switzerland.
The media monitoring is conducted in partnership with OrganicInfo.ua within the Swiss-Ukrainian Program “Higher Value Added Trade from the Organic and Dairy Sectors in Ukraine” (QFTP) funded by Switzerland and implemented by the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL, Switzerland) in partnership with SAFOSO AG.