IV Ukrainian Grain Congress Kyiv, October 22-24, 2013

Ukrainian Grain Association and the information-analytical agency APK-Inform announces the holding of the IV Ukrainian Grain Congress in Kyiv on October 22-24, 2013 The conference, which has become a traditional event, will address the most pressing and urgent issues on functioning of the grain market of Ukraine. Experts will give their estimates of their impact on the further development of both the grain trade sector, and the investment attractiveness of Ukrainian agribusiness. Main topics Effective dialogue between agribusiness and the government - results of the interaction between agribusiness and the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine during the recent two marketing seasons; - policy of the Government on the grain exports in 2013/14 MY: expectations of agribusiness; - signing of the memorandum between agribusiness and the government on interaction on the grain market in 2013/14 MY. Problems of the land reform and its impact on the development of agribusiness - purpose and principles of work of the newly established Land Bank; - estimations of development of the land relations and land legislation by agricultural holdings, farmers, lawyers, bankers, legislators. Grain market in 2013/14 MY - world grain market: challenges and risks; - prospects of the major world markets of grains and by-products consumption; - prospects of the grain markets of Russian and Kazakhstan; - Ukrainian market: current estimations, supply and demand balances, results of winter crops planting campaign for the harvest-2014; - role and place of the state operators of the grain market of Ukraine (Agrarian Fund, State Food and Grain Corporation of Ukraine) in the current MY. Ways to improve the cost effectiveness and increase the profitability of agribusiness in Ukraine - sources of increasing the yield of grain crops; - possibilities of legalization of GM seeds in Ukraine; - promising agricultural technologies and its applicability in Ukraine; - prospects for usage of No-Till technologies. Development of the export grain logistics in Ukraine - problems in provision of grain rail cars; - further prospects of the river grain logistics; - problems of functioning of the system of grain storehouses. For this purpose APK-Inform Agency invited the leading national and international experts, representatives of public and private structures, analysts and scientists to participate as speakers of the Congress. Preparations for the IV Ukrainian Grain Congress are held under support of the Administration of the President of Ukraine, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine, the Grain and Feed Trade Association (GAFTA), the International Grains Council (ІGC), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation (UAK), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Bank (WB), the U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC), Agrarian Markets Development Institute (AMDІ), International Financial Corporation (ІFC), European Business Association (EBA), American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine (ACC). Congress languages: Ukrainian, Russian, English To learn more about the conference program, the list of participants, and fill in the application form for participation visit the Web site of APK-Inform http://www.apk-inform.com/ru/conferences/ugc2013/about. Interfax-Ukraine is the general news partner of the event. The organizing committee of the conference APK-Inform Agency: +380562 320795, +7495 7894419 [email protected] – Oksana Starina [email protected] – Olga Ramazanova www.apk-inform.com Ukrainian Grain Association +38044 5286764(99) www.uga-port.org.ua