A delegation from Ukraine visited Latvia on 16 – 20 October, 2017. This visit by the Ukrainian officials, as well as academics took forward the project “Strengthening the Agricultural Advisory System: towards full integration of the Ukrainian agricultural sector into the EU Common Market” with the support of the Latvian side in terms of advancing the Ukrainian reforms in agriculture.

During this visit, the Ukrainian delegation has taken stock of the fundamentals that underpin the Latvian Government’s policies for rural areas, including agricultural cooperatives regulatory positions and also activities of the farmers’ organisations such as with helping governmental structures to make better policies on agriculture.

On 28 – 29 November, 2017 in Kyiv the concluding conference will bring together Ukrainian, as well as Latvian stakeholders in order to sum up the project-related achievements against its targets set for this year.