Panel discussion: Sowing campaign 2023: outlook and risks. What awaits the world grain market?

February 13, at 14:00, a discussion panel will be held on the topic: "Sowing campaign 2023: outlook and risks. What awaits the world grain market?"

Organizer: Media center Ukraine — Ukrinform.

Speakers: Roman Slastyon, general director of UCAB; Roman Makukhin, head of the analytical department ANTS Network, expert on AgriFood (FAO) and European Green Deal (UNDP); Ihor Vishtak, director of the Department of Agrarian Development, Ministry of Agrarian Policy; Vadym Anosov, Kees Huizinga, Frank VanderHulst; Yevgenia Yushchenko, soil restoration expert; Bohdan Kostetskyi, commercial director and operational partner, analytical and trading company Barva Invest (video conference).

Moderator: Hanna Hopko, co-founder ICUV - International Center for Ukrainian Victory, head of the board ANTS Network NGO.

Key topics:

• sowing campaign 2023: outlook, risks;

• losses to the economy of Ukraine due to a decrease in cultivated areas and, accordingly, a decrease in exports;

• what will be sown this year;

• provision of internal needs; and

• world grain market.

The purpose of the event is to draw the attention of international actors to Ukraine and present the opportunities of Ukrainian agribusinesses.

In short:

The Network for the Protection of National Interests "ANTS" together with the International Center for Ukrainian Victory (ICUV) will hold a discussion panel, where recognized experts will discuss the forecast of sown areas and the harvest of major crops in 2023, the problems regarding the decrease in sown areas across Ukraine, and the decrease in exports, as a result of which Ukraine will receive lower foreign currency income, while the world will not receive enough food.

The event on the Facebook page of the Network for the Protection of National Interests "ANTS": https://www.facebook.com/events/1157107714989232

Contact: Svitlana Yednak, +38 096 990 73 09.

This is an offline event (Hall 1).

Journalists will be able to ask questions offline (Hall 1) and in the chat of the YouTube broadcast.

Journalists are requested to arrive half an hour before the event.

They will be accredited at the agency prior to the event.

The event will be broadcast on Ukrinform's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/UkrinformTV

Address of Ukrinform:8/16 Bohdana Khmelnytskoho Str., Kyiv.

The use of any material from the official Ukrinform YouTube channel is possible only if copyright established by the channel is fully observed. When airing the clip during the live broadcast, it is required that the author’s name – Ukrinform – is displayed on the screen and pronounced out loud.

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