Agriculture Minister

New PM Koretskyi confirms plan to restore Ukraine’s Agriculture Ministry

Serhiy Koretskyi, appointed Ukraine’s prime minister on July 16, confirmed plans to separate the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food from the Ministry of Economy, Environment and Agriculture, Interfax-Ukraine reported.

16 July, 02:59 PM

Ukraine seeks ways to ease logistics for farmers from near-frontline areas

Ukraine’s Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food has proposed several options to support farmers from frontline territories after a 30% railway freight discount for grain transport was canceled, the official statement wrote on April 1.

2 April 2025, 10:51 AM

Ukraine steps up fight against Russian grain theft with new tracking technology

Agricultural ministers from Ukraine, the UK, and Lithuania have signed an updated Memorandum of Understanding to launch the Grain Verification Scheme (GVS) to track down crops, stolen by Russia, Agriculture Minister Vitalii Koval wrote on Jan. 19.

20 January 2025, 01:02 PM

Ukraine ready to supply grain to Syria as Russian shipments halted

Kyiv is prepared to supply food to Syria following the fall of Assad's regime, Ukrainian Agriculture Minister Vitaliy Koval said on Dec. 13.

14 December 2024, 01:57 AM

Japan explores opening Asian markets to Ukrainian farm goods

Japan is considering opening up Asian markets to Ukrainian agricultural products, including chicken meat, Ukraine's Agrarian Ministry reported on Telegram on June 3.

4 June 2024, 02:30 PM

Ukraine's ag sector takes massive hit - over $350 million in damages, 25% less sown, 175,000 sq. km mined

The production facilities of Ukraine's agro-industrial industry have suffered at least $354.5 million in damages in early 2024, Deputy Agriculture Minister, Taras Vysotskyi, said.

24 May 2024, 04:10 PM

Ex-agriculture minister scandal halts Poland-Ukraine talks

Poland has suspended negotiations with Ukraine about farmer protests on the border following corruption charges against former Ukrainian Agriculture Minister Mykola Solskyi, Poland's Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Michał Kołodziejczak, said in an interview with Polish newspaper Dziennik Gazeta Prawna on May 13.

13 May 2024, 03:45 PM

Mykola Solskyi ousted as Ukraine's agriculture minister amid NABU’s land seizure probe

The Ukrainian parliament dismissed Mykola Solskyi from the post of minister of agrarian policy with 273 votes at a meeting on May 9, MP Oleksii Honcharenko reported on Telegram.

9 May 2024, 01:27 PM

Former Agriculture Minister taken into custody over charges of land theft and cover-up

Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court has chosen to detain Agriculture Minister Mykola Solskyi until June 24, setting his bail at 75 million UAH ($1.9 million), Suspilne reported on April 26.

26 April 2024, 12:26 PM

Analyzing NABU’s case against Agriculture Minister Solskyi

Ukrainian Agriculture Minister Mykola Solskyi is being investigated for alleged unlawful activity in 2017-2018 when he provided legal services to Ukrainian veterans buying real estate.

24 April 2024, 11:38 PM

NABU accuses Agriculture Minister and several other officials of land embezzlement

Agriculture Minister Mykola Solskyi is suspected of leading a criminal group of State Geocadastre officials and so-called “curators” who controlled their activities and were involved in the illegal seizure of state land worth hundreds of millions, Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) reported on Telegram on April 23.

23 April 2024, 12:41 PM

Agriculture Minister