Stepan Kubiv at Agroport West Lviv: Digital solutions in agro-industrial complex to enhance the competitiveness of Ukrainian agricultural products
April 28, First Deputy Prime Minister /Minister of Economic Development
and Trade of Ukraine Stepan Kubiv
took part in the International forum AGROPORT West Lviv-2017 in Lviv.
In his speech Stepan Kubiv stressed the
importance of boosting the production of finished agricultural products and
increasing exports of products with high degree of processing. He noted that a
key priority of the Government is the transition from a resource based economy
to high-tech production and exports of products with high added value.
"Today, the agribusiness
is a driver of the Ukrainian economy. The use of IT technologies and digital
solutions will enable the agro-industrial complex to significantly grow the
added value of their agricultural products, to strengthen their competitiveness
in the European and world markets", emphasized the First Vice Prime Minister.
Stepan Kubiv
added that Ukraine rightly claim the European and world leadership in the
production of organic products, produce from ecological farming.
"Ukrainian farmers are growing tasty, healthy, organic products
that quickly find devoted consumers in Ukraine and abroad. The Government and
the Ministry of Economic Development are working to expand opportunities for
access of Ukrainian farmers to new markets, and I believe that our farmers will
have even better opportunities for production, exports as well as extraordinary
success in the world", said the First Vice Prime
Minister.
The forum participants got familiarized with examples of agricultural
products from Ukraine and Ukrainian agricultural machinery.
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Background AGROPORT is one of the biggest events in the agrarian sphere in
Eastern Europe. AGROPORT West Lviv 2017, which was held on April 27-29, focused
on small and medium farmers. The key topics were animal husbandry, crop
production, growing organic products, berries, vegetable-growing,
horticulture, fisheries and others. In 2017, special
attention was paid to the problems of adapting agriculture to climate change
conditions: increase of productivity in terms of changes and transition to
the safe and accurate technologies. |