On 13-16 February 2024, the largest international trade fair of organic products BIOFACH 2024 will be held in Nuremberg (Germany), covering the organic food, beverage and non-food sectors.
This year, 38 Ukrainian companies will take part in the trade fair, and Ukraine will also be represented at the Congress.
14 companies have been selected to participate in the National Pavilion of Ukraine, organised by the State Institution “Entrepreneurship and Export Promotion Office” as part of the national project Diia.Business:
- Agrofirma Pole LLC (Cherkasy region), products: cereals, legumes, groats, flour;
- AVIS LLC (Vinnytsia region), products: soybean;
- Catanzaro Eurasia LLC (TM Alta Kraina), (Odesa region), products: berries, mushrooms, juices;
- Chemex LTD LLC (TM ProOrganica), (Kyiv region), products: cereals, legumes, oilseeds, groats;
- Danube Agrarian LLC (Odesa region), products: cereals, legumes, vegetables, herbs, berries, fruits, melons, poultry, eggs, oil, sweets;
- Dnipropetrovsk Food Company “Waiz” LLC (Dnipropetrovsk region), products: baby food;
- Galeks-Agro PE/Organic Milk LLC (Zhytomyr region), products: cereals, groats, flour, honey, dairy products;
- Healthy Traditions LLC (Kyiv region), products: cereals, flour, coconut milk, dried berries, stone fruits, powdered drinks;
- Kolchanov Dmytro Sergiovych PEI (TM Meetty), (Poltava region), products: chocolate, cocoa tea;
- Nutsee LLC (TM Slow Walnuts), (Zakarpattia region), products: walnuts;
- Organic Export LLC (TM Med Ukrainy), (Kyiv region), products: honey;
- Organic Original LLC (TM Ecorod), (Kyiv region), products: legumes, cereals, flour, oil, coffee, honey, berries;
- Shmygelska Anastasiia IE (TM Liqberry), (Kyiv region), products: berry pastes;
- Ukr-Walnut LLC (Khmelnytskyi region), products: walnut.
National Pavilion of Ukraine at BIOFACH 2024 is organised by the State Institution “Entrepreneurship and Export Promotion Office” (Ukraine), the state project Diia.Business, under the patronage of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, in partnership with NGO Organic Ukraine and Organic Initiative Public Association, 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;
- Western NIS Enterprise Fund;
- EBRD and funded by Switzerland through the EBRD’s Small Business Impact Fund (donors to the SBIF are Italy, Ireland, Korea, Luxembourg, Norway, US, Switzerland, Sweden, Japan and TaiwanBusiness – EBRD Technical Cooperation Fund)
Meet the participants of the National Pavilion of Ukraine.
Location of the National Pavilion of Ukraine at the fair: Hall 4A, Stand 511.
The National Pavilion of Ukraine, organised with the support of the German-Ukrainian Cooperation in Organic Agriculture Project (COA), funded by the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture, in cooperation with the Innovative Farming and Cooperation NGO and the Ukrainian Berries Association, will feature 11 Ukrainian companies:
- Agroecology PE (Poltava region), products: cereals, groats;
- Agro Trade Lubny LLC (Poltava region), products: nuts, cereals, oilseeds, legumes, berries, mushrooms, honey;
- Arnika Organic LLC (Poltava region), products: cereals, oilseeds, legumes, buckwheat;
- Dyvo Yagoda LLC (Kharkiv region), products: cereals, berries;
- GrunWeg LLC (Cherkasy region), products: cereals, oilseeds, pulses, buckwheat, flax;
- PodillyaAgroBuisness LLC (Vinnytsia region), products: berries, mustard;
- Sav Agro Paprtner LLC (Volyn region), products: berries;
- Shynkaruk Petro Kalistratovych PEI, (Volyn region), products: elderberry, heather, berries, sea buckthorn, linden;
- Toris LLC (Volyn region), products: berries;
- UKROLIYA LTD (Poltava region), products: oil;
- VFI Oils for Life Ukraine LLC (Kyiv region), products: vegetable oils.
Location of the Ukrainian stand at the fair: Hall 4A, Stand: 421.
10 Ukrainian organic companies will be presented at the stand organised by the German Import Promotion Desk (IPD):
- Ahimsa Ukraine LLC (Dnipropetrovsk region), products: cereals, oilseeds, legumes, berries, cereals, flour, seeds;
- ALTE Foods LLC (Zhytomyr region), products: berries, mushrooms;
- Bionerica LLC (Chernivtsi region), products: berries, elderberry, rosehip, sea buckthorn;
- Brancho Ukraine LLC (Zhytomyr region), products: fruit and berry rolls, dried fruits, vegetables, melons, berries;
- Dobrotrav LLC (Poltava region), products: dried nettle leaves and herbs, elderberry, rosehip, rowan, hawthorn;
- Molfar Eco LLC (Zakarpattia region), products: berries, berry leaves, fruits, mushrooms, herbs, herbal teas;
- Oril-Eco LLC (Dnipropetrovsk region), products: berries, stone fruits, melons, vegetables;
- PAE im.T.G. Shevchenka (Kyiv region), products: pulses, cereals, vegetables;
- Stodola LLC (Mykolaiv region), products: herbs, melons, vegetables, cabbage, elderberry, canned salads, tomato sauce;
- UkrBioLand ASC (Dnipropetrovsk region), products: cereals, legumes, oilseeds.
The German Import Promotion Desk (IPD) is an initiative of the Federation of German Wholesalers, Foreign Trade and Services (BGA) and the development organisation sequa gGmbH, a partner of German business. IPD is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
Catalog of pavilion participants.
Location of the IPD stand at the fair: Hall 3A, Stand: 325.
The following companies will have their own stands at the trade fair:
- Honey Alliance LLC (Lviv region), products: honey, cream honey.
- Eco Berry FE, (Ivano-Frankivsk region), products: berries;
- Rivneholod ALC (Rivne region), products: wild berries, elderberries, rose hips.
The official policy delegation of representatives of the Ukrainian authorities will also be visiting the trade fair, which includes:
- Mr Markiyan Dmytrasevych, Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine,
- Mr Oleksandr Gaydu, Chairman, Committee on Agrarian and Land Policy, Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (Ukrainian Parliament),
- Ms Maryna Kyslytska, Head of the State Policy Division on Organic Production of the Food Security and Excise Products Directorate of the Department of State Policy on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine,
- Ms Olha Semenchuk, Head of the Food and Feed Safety Division of the Food Safety and Veterinary Medicine Department, State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection,
- Mr Andrii Lytvyn, Deputy Director, State Institution “Entrepreneurship and Export Promotion Office” (EEPO, Ukraine).
Objectives of the official policy delegation are the presentation of Ukraine at the international level, providing the international community with up-to-date information on the current situation in the organic sector in Ukraine and export opportunities of the Ukrainian organic producers during the war, participation in working meetings and building long-term partnerships with policy makers from other countries, international organisations and with organic stakeholders, promoting the export of the Ukrainian organic production, consideration of value chains of organic agricultural products for further development of the organic sector in Ukraine, participation in the National Pavilion of Ukraine at the international organic trade fair BIOFACH.
Swiss-Ukrainian Programs “Higher Value Added Trade from the Organic and Dairy Sector in Ukraine” (QFTP) and “Organic Trade 4 Development in Eastern Europe” (OT4D), and the German-Ukrainian Cooperation in Organic Agriculture Project (COA) organise and support the trip of the official delegation to BIOFACH 2024.
This year’s BIOFACH 2024 Congress will be held under the theme “Food for the Future: Women’s Impact on Sustainable Food Systems” and will be dedicated to the transformative power of women in the agri-food sector and their role in creating a more sustainable future for the organic food system.
Ukraine will also be represented within the Congress. You are cordially invited:
13 February
10:00-11:00* – Official opening of the Ukrainian National Pavilion.
Introduction, welcome words from the organisers and partners of the Ukrainian Pavilions.
Representatives of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine and the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (Ukrainian Parliament), organisers and partners of the National Pavilion, organic sector associations, Ukrainian organic exporters and other stakeholders will take part in the event.
Location: Hall 4A, Stand 511.
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11:45-13:00 – Latest facts, figures, and prospects of organic agriculture in Central and Eastern Europe
Markiyan Dmytrasevych, Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, will provide an update information on the current state of the organic sector in Ukraine and the export opportunities for Ukrainian organic producers to the international community in times of war.
Location: NCC Ost | Level 2 | Room Kiew
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12:00-13:00 – Good practices for official investigations in case of presence of pesticide residues
EU Regulation No. 2018/848 on organic production and labelling of organic products has been in force for two years, and new rules for handling organic products in case of detection of pesticide residues are applied. After 2 years of working with the new rules and intensive sharing of experience, it is time to present good investigative practices to the sector.
In particular, during this session, Sergiy Galashevskyy, director of the Organic Standard certification body, will share the Ukrainian experience.
Location: NCC Ost | Level 2 | Room St. Petersburg
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17:15-18:00 – Empowering Change: Women Leading Transformation in Central East Europe’s Organic Sector
Women are a driving force behind positive change in the organic sector in the CEE region. During the session, participants will share stories of success and positive change in the organic sector in Albania, Serbia and Ukraine.
In particular, during this session, Kateryna Shor, National Coordinator of the Program “Organic Trade for Development in Eastern Europe” (OT4D) and coordinator of OrganicInfo.ua, will speak about the achievements, problems and opportunities for the Ukrainian organic sector.
Location: NCC Ost | Level 2 | Room Istanbul
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14 February
13:00-14:30 – Conference “At the front-line – women in Ukraine are changing the world”
Women leaders of the Ukrainian organic sector from business, industry and NGOs, policy and multi-stakeholder forums will present insights on achievements and challenges confronting the organic sector in Ukraine under the current conditions of war. Key themes of short inputs are innovations, higher added value products, legal issues and networking to create strong stakeholder platforms.
A video portraying Ukrainian women leaders will also be shown and the results of a gender study on the Ukrainian organic sector will be presented.
Location: NCC Ost | Level 3 | Room Shanghai
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The full program of the Сongress can be found on the Talque platform.
*Here and later in the text the local time in Germany is given.
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