Association Ukranian Pig Breeders won a grant

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The Association of Ukranian Pig Breeders AUPB), in cooperation with the the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) and Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), is implementing the «Ensuring Animal Health in Ukraine» project.

It aims to conduct disease risk assessments, raise awareness and provide advice on swine biosecurity and diseases, and improve disease surveillance and control at all stages of pork production.

«AUPB is very proud to be the beneficiary of this grant. First, not only domestic, but also U.S. research institutions and institutes participated in the competition, so the level of competition was very high. And the fact that the Association still successfully passed it testifies that over the years of our activities, including cooperation with the Department of Agriculture of Foreign Countries of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, we have gained a good reputation. Secondly, the expert potential of AUPB and cooperation with the best domestic and international experts allow us to implement the set objectives in the most efficient way», — commented Oksana Yurchenko, president of Association of Ukranian Pig Breeders.


 Association of Ukranian Pig Breeders is a nonprofit, voluntary organization founded by domestic pork producers. The main objectives of the association are representation and protection of rights and interests of the association farms, assistance in development and introduction of new technologies for efficient production of pork, expansion of sales markets, protection of domestic sales market.