On 12-15 October, 2019 the "School of Biodynamics of Ukraine" und GS "Permaculture in Ukraine", with the support of the German-Ukrainian Cooperation in the Field of Organic Agriculture (COA), conducted the Farmer Training Course "Organic Vegetable Production".
Following the implementation of the Organic Law in Ukraine, the COA-Project organizes a study tour to Germany for representatives of the Ukrainian Ministry of Agriculture and the State Service on Food Safety and Consumer Protection.
With its favorable conditions for organic agriculture, Ukraine has become an important supplier of organic products for Western markets in the last few years.
In 2018, the EU imported a total of 3,3 million tonnes of organic agri-food produce, of which 57% was in the form of commodities and 35% as other primary products.
Organic Round Table joined ministerial and retail stakeholders for improving the mechanisms for labelling and trade of organic products on July 19, 2019 in Kyiv.
On June 25, 2019 the project “German-Ukrainian cooperation in organic agriculture” (COA) took part at the informational evening “Export of organic products from Ukraine to the EU”.
On June 20, 2019, the 5th International Conference on Organic Crops “Best European Practices and Ukrainian Experience” was held at the Poltava State Agrarian Academy.
On June 18, 2019, during the meeting of the Working Group on Organic Production Development was held an awarding of certificates to training participants from the State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection.
On May 23-25, 2019Оrganic Business School, with the support of the German-Ukrainian Cooperation in the Field of Organic Agriculture(COA), conducted a training course "Business Plan and Organization of Organic Berry Farms" in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.