Yulia Sviridenko, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of Ukraine told about it within the framework of the Forum of Veterans.

719 of them want to create their own processing enterprises. This was said by First Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Economy of Ukraine Yulia Sviridenko on the air of the general national telethon.

Opening coffee shops, producing ceramics, building energy-efficient homes, introducing a solar power plant testing service - these and other projects will soon be realized thanks to the government's micro-grant program for developing or creating businesses. The project "eRabota", launched by the Ministry of Economy with the support of the Ministry of Economy, the Ministry of Agricultural Policy, the State Employment Service and Sberbank, is designed to fulfill the dreams of tens of thousands of Ukrainians to have their own business and to promote entrepreneurship in difficult economic times.

In the second half of August, the positive dynamics of purchasing prices for pork continued, noted the analytical department of the Association "Pig Breeders of Ukraine" according to the results of weekly monitoring.

"Dubovyi Gai" AIC LLC is a pig farm that was one of the first to experience the effects of Russian aggression. On February 28 it was attacked by a missile, which destroyed two halls for fattening pigs with a herd of 2000 pigs, a department of feed production, an administrative building, sanitary and other ancillary buildings, damaged communications and the water supply system. However, despite this, the company did not lose heart and continues to work, restoring the destroyed facilities with its own resources and does not exclude the possibility of further restoration.

With no significant rainfall recorded for nearly two months in western, central and southern Europe and no rainfall forecast in the near future, meteorologists say the drought may be the worst on the continent in more than 500 years.

The hog sector began a major transformation in the early 1990s, and since then, it has experienced productivity growth and structural change, increased output, and expanded exports. This study examined changes in hog production from 1992 to 2017.

The United States of America will provide the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) with $68 million to buy wheat in Ukraine in order to send it to the most vulnerable countries in terms of food security. U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said this on Twitter.

Planted areas are smaller, which means the yields should be higher. This is the goal this year and further set by Ukrainian agrarians. And the parliament actively supports this goal. In particular, by adopting the bill number 4558 which regulates the use of pesticides and agrochemicals in Ukraine. The press service of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine reports.

Meeting the nutrient needs of the sow's body during the weaning to insemination period is important to improve sow performance. How to shape the sow's feeding strategy during the service period is explained by Sergei Dobryansky, productive animal nutrition expert, Cargill.

The Liberian-flagged bulk carrier BRAVE COMMANDER left the port of Yuzhny on August 16. 23,000 tons of wheat left for Ethiopia to overcome the hunger problem in East Africa. This was announced in his tweet by the Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Markiyan Dmitrasevich. The ship was chartered within the framework of the World Food Program of the UN.

August 16, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved, developed by the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, the procedure for the use of financial assistance to small agricultural producers, most affected by the military aggression of the Russian Federation and in need of support for incurred costs for field work, maintenance of cows, the purchase of materials for economic activities, fuel and lubricants, plant protection products, feed and other production costs. The total amount of the program is 1.5 billion UAH.

Every fifth pig farm is working on development, as evidenced by the survey of the Association of Ukranian Pig Breeders.

Following the outbreak of war, the FAO has developed and updated its Rapid Response Plan and is calling for $115.4 million to support nearly 1 million people in rural areas through agricultural assistance and food security for those most affected by Russia's military aggression in Ukraine. This is reported by the press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy.

The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine notes the clarification of the Order of reservation of persons liable for military service by state authorities, other state bodies, as well as enterprises, institutions, organizations that meet the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, other military formations, the population under the legal regime of martial law.

The Portuguese Federation of Pig Farmers Associations (FPAS) said that the drought and the increase in prices of production factors might be “an opportunity” to invest in the efficient use of water and effluent management.

On August 12, 2022, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy together with the EU support project launched an online platform to support agricultural producers — the State Agrarian Register (GAR). Ukrainian agricultural producers registered in the GAR will be able to apply for all types of support: both at the expense of the state budget and for international grants or technical assistance. As of today, 1,534 agricultural producers have already registered in the Register. Among them 16.8% are individuals, 13.4% - sole proprietors, 69.9% -— legal entities. Among the leading regions for the number of registrations are Lviv region (19.5%) and Khmelnytsky region (6.5%).

Raimund Yelet, FAO Regional Programme Manager for Europe and Central Asia, paid his first visit to Ukraine since the escalation of the war to express FAO's commitment to continue providing emergency agricultural support to the most vulnerable populations and ensuring the sustainability of local and global agricultural supplies.

On August 12, 2022, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) updated its global forecast for the balance of major crops for the 2022/23 marketing year.