Investors invested 3 billion dollars in the Ukrainian agricultur

12/05/2018

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and other investors in agriculture over the past 6 years have invested about 3 billion US dollars in the domestic agricultural sector.

Ukraine is constantly expanding partnerships with domestic and foreign investors in the agricultural sector. So, further plans in this area were discussed at the forum "Investments in the agricultural sector of Ukraine. Let's feed the world together!" It was held as part of the first international specialized business conference ABC: Ukraine & Partners.

Prospects for investment in agriculture in Ukraine

The EBRD, together with investment partners, has provided more than US$3 billion since 2012 in financing for the agricultural sector, including the construction of new granaries, primary production, technical and intellectual support. Funding was also directed to the construction of port marine and river infrastructure facilities.

At the moment, Ukraine is actively working to increase the list of partners willing to invest in agriculture.

“It is extremely important for us to constantly build up ties with existing, permanent ones and find new investors. After all, it is the domestic agricultural industry that has long been considered not only the primary business card of Ukraine, but also effectively contributes to attracting cash flows to the agricultural sector associated with it. For us, an investor in agriculture is a strategic partner. As part of the forum, we held a series of bilateral negotiations with private firms and representatives of countries investing in Ukraine in order to strengthen relations. We are also negotiating with new potential partners. I would like to emphasize that all our partners note the high level of profitable attractiveness of the Ukrainian agricultural sector. And we are ready to increase the pace of development and the agrarian potential of our country,” the Minister said.

Mykola Prisyazhnyuk also emphasized that in order to increase the inflow of investment in agriculture, the country's leadership is working tirelessly to improve the overall investment climate.

Foreign partners have noticed that our agricultural sector, as a strategic direction for Ukrainian business, is pleasantly distinguished by a rather high profitability and investment attractiveness.