Ukraine has launched its first agricultural hub in Ghana, marking a significant step in expanding its global food security initiatives while strengthening trade ties across West Africa. The facility will serve as a processing and distribution centre for agricultural products, supporting both humanitarian efforts and commercial activity. The hub is designed to integrate Ukrainian agricultural ...

Ukraine and South Africa have decided to establish mutual recognition protocols to remove barriers to Ukrainian exports. According to Ukraine’s Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food, this agreement was reached during Minister Vitalii Koval’s official visit to South Africa, which was part of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s broader diplomatic efforts. During the visit, Minister Koval and ...

By Danielle Nierenberg Baltimore, Maryland — Last year, 343 million people were experiencing acute food insecurity, according to the World Food Programme (WFP). That’s 10 percent higher than in 2023. And in the midst of a food insecurity crisis around the world, funding is being slashed for programs on the front lines of delivering food ...

By Yulia Bychkovska Ukrainian grain exports, especially wheat, make up a large portion of African grain imports. Before Russia’s full-scale invasion, in 2020, over 50 percent of fifteen African countries’ imports of wheat came from Ukraine and Russia. Moreover, for six of these countries (Eritrea, Egypt, Benin, Sudan, Djibouti, and Tanzania) more than 70 percent of their wheat imports came ...

Maksym Subkh, Ukraine’s special representative for the Middle East and Africa. Image: Andisiwe Makinana War-torn Ukraine wants to increase investments and expand its grain exports to more African countries. The country’s economy has been ravaged after the invasion by Russia. Since Ukraine gained independence in 1991, its focus in Africa has been on northern and eastern ...

To address food security in the long term, the focus must shift from crisis response to investment in resilient, durable systems. Finding ways to facilitate lending to smallholders, who comprise the vast majority of African farmers, is key to unlocking potential and breaking the cycle of subsistence farming. Learn more about the Sustainable Development Impact ...

An aerial photograph taken on October 31, 2022 shows a cargo ship loaded with grain being inspected in the anchorage area of the southern entrance to the Bosphorus in Istanbul. – Cargo ships loaded with grain and other agricultural products left Ukrainian ports on october 31, 2022 despite Russia’s decision to pull out from a ...