Organic Initiative

𝗔 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 #𝗨𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲 - 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲. 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 In impressive images, the 8-minute film introduces several women who work in agriculture in Ukraine. Women from several parts of Ukraine. Women who, from their perspective, provide deep insights into the achievements and challenges of the organic sector in Ukraine under the current conditions of war. Strong women who give a lot of courage. The film was shown for the first time on 14 February 2024 as part of the event "At the front line - women in Ukraine are changing the world" at the world's leading trade fair for #organic products BIOFACH / VIVANESS. SvoeKino, a film company from Ukraine, produced this impressive film directly in Ukraine in January 2024 on behalf of the project "German-Ukrainian Cooperation in Organic Agriculture". The film can be found at this link: https://lnkd.in/ePh2QHhA 𝗪𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗶𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗨𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗨𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲. 𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘁. GOPA AFC Stefanie Maak Elisabeth Christine Rüegg Oleksandr Kaliberda Kseniia Guliyeva Organic Initiative IFOAM Organics Europe Bundesverband Naturkost Naturwaren e.V. Organic Standard Control Union Certifications Ukraine Eugene Milovanov Yevgeniia Yushchenko Iryna Kazakova Organic Ukraine Richter Toralf Eisenring Tobias Bohdan Dreihaupt 🇺🇦 UBA Ukrainian Berries Association Anastasiia Bilych Mildred Steidle Peter Jossi Deutsch-Ukrainischer Agrarpolitischer Dialog (APD) Chyzhykov Gennadiy Dr. Per Brodersen Entrepreneurship and Export Promotion Office (Ukraine) #westandwithukraine

🍎 We are at the world's leadingtrade fair for organic food — BIOACH 2024 This year, Ukraine is represented at the fair by 38 companies, marking the highest number of exhibitors in Ukraine's participation history at the event 🔥 Organic producers are showcasing their robust export potential within two National pavilions and a collective stand. Additionally, there are three more companies presenting their products at separate expositions, which have already attracted the attention of foreign visitors. You can find the detailed information about the exhibiting companies and their products at the following link https://e.surl.li/ifdqhv 🌱 Stand 4A-511  National Pavilion of Ukraine at BIOFACH 2024 is organised by the State Institution Entrepreneurship and Export Promotion Office (Ukraine), the state project Diia.Business, under the patronage of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, in partnership with Organic Ukraine and Organic Initiative Public Associations, supported by: Switzerland within the framework of the Swiss-Ukrainian Program “Higher Value Added Trade from the Organic and Dairy Sector in Ukraine” (QFTP), implemented by the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL (FiBL, Switzerland) in partnership with SAFOSO; EBRD and funded by Switzerland through the EBRD’s Small Business Impact Fund (donors to the SBIF are Italy, Ireland, Korea, Luxembourg, Norway, US, Switzerland, Sweden, Japan and TaiwanBusiness – EBRD Technical Cooperation Fund); Western NIS Enterprise Fund. 🌱Stand 4A-421 The National Pavilion is organised under the patronage of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, with the support of the German-Ukrainian Cooperation in Organic Agriculture Project (COA), funded by the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture, in cooperation with the Innovative Farming and Cooperation NGO and the UBA Ukrainian Berries Association. 🌱Stand 3A-325 The stand is organised by IPD - Import Promotion Desk (IPD) funded by Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). 🌱 Stands of three companies: stand 4A-213, 4-144, 6-118 We continue to conquer the international market with Ukrainian products 🇺🇦

#B𝗜𝗢𝗙𝗔𝗖𝗛 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 𝗔𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁-𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 - 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗨𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 – 𝗮 𝟵𝟬 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟰 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰   Women make up 54% of the population of Ukraine and 47% of its labor force. Over 60% of all Ukrainian women have higher education and many areas of civil life can presently only be sustained with their efforts. This is also true for organic farming and food security. Organized by "German-Ukrainian Cooperation in Organic Farming” COA (http://coa-ukraine.com/en/ ) and Swiss-Ukrainian Program “Higher Value Added Trade from the Organic and Dairy Sectors in Ukraine” QFTP (https://qftp.org/en/), Ukraine's organic sector is in the focus of this year's all-women event at the BIOFACH congress. Six female leaders of the Ukrainian organic sector from business, industry, policy and civil society will present insights on achievements and challenges confronting the organic sector in Ukraine under the current conditions of war. “A brand-new gender study will be presented by one of our partners, highlighting the important role of women in Ukraine” explains Tobias Eisenring, QFTP program director, and Dr. Stefan Dreesmann, project leader of COA points out another highlight:  a cutting-edge video that will impressively portray Ukrainian female leaders and pioneers of the organic movement. The event will serve as an excellent platform to inform all participants of BIOFACH about the challenges and opportunities of the organic sector in Ukraine and for Ukrainian women to interact with participants how strategies can be improved and where support is needed. Date: 14.02.2024 (Wednesday) Time: 13:00-14:30 h (duration 90 min) Room: Shanghai Film made by: https://svoekinoua.com/ GOPA AFC Stefanie Maak Elisabeth Christine Rüegg BIOFACH / VIVANESS IFOAM Organics Europe IFOAM - Organics International Eugene Milovanov Yevgeniia Yushchenko Iryna Kazakova Max Zalevski Organic Standard Control Union Certifications Ukraine Organic Initiative Dr. Per Brodersen Organic Ukraine Bundesverband Naturkost Naturwaren e.V. Iryna Kukhtina

𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗨𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲’𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 Between February 13 - 16, 2024, the organic community will again meet in Nuremberg (Germany) at the World's Leading Trade Fair for #Organic Food, BIOFACH / VIVANESS The Swiss-Ukrainian Quality Food Trade Program (QFTP), funded by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) and running since 2004, and the German-Ukrainian Cooperation in Organic Farming (COA), funded by the German Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture (BMEL) and running since 2016 are supporting Ukraine’s presence at BioFach 2024, together with other projects. This year’s support involves bringing together around 40 Ukrainian exporters as exhibitors in Ukrainian pavilions to the World’s Leading Trade Fair for Organic Food, assisting a high-level policy delegation from Ukraine and presenting the sector’s key actors at the BioFach Congress. “We are delighted that our support has helped so many companies from Ukraine to present their interesting organic products at Biofach this year.”, said Dr Stefan Dreesmann, head of the German project, and Eisenring Tobias, head of the Swiss project.” Bringing Ukrainian exporters to BioFach is essential to promoting sustainable trade and creating more and better jobs by strengthening the business competitiveness and capacities of #Ukrainian SMEs in the organic sector. By the end of 2022, Ukraine had a surface of certified organic land of 263’619 ha, 0.6% of the total agricultural land. In 2022, Ukraine exported 245’600 tons of goods with a total value of almost 219 million USD and became the third largest importing country to the EU. Therefore, the stability of the European organic market strongly depends on the reliability and strength of Ukrainian suppliers. This year, the Biofach Congress will host a high-level policy delegation from Ukraine with representatives from the Ukrainian parliament, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection and State Institution ‘Entrepreneurship and Export Promotion Office’. During the fair, they will network with organic policymakers and experts from all over the world.“ The long-standing collaboration between the Swiss and German projects since 2016, together with other partners, has supported Ukrainian public and private actors in strengthening Ukraine's organic sector. This support will continue, notwithstanding the war perpetrated by the Russian Federation.   More information Visit us at the Ukrainian National Pavilion in hall 4A-511 and the Ukrainian stand in hall 4A-421. The list of all exporters can be found here: https://lnkd.in/eKNjbYi2 GOPA AFC Deutsch-Ukrainischer Agrarpolitischer Dialog (APD) Richter Toralf Organic Initiative UBA Ukrainian Berries Association Eugene Milovanov Anastasiia Bilych Yevgeniia Yushchenko Peter Jossi Deutsch-Ukrainischer Agrarpolitischer Dialog (APD)

🌿 On December, 17-20 Organic Initiative organised a study and trade tour to 🇵🇱 Poland for leading Ukrainian organic companies. The study and trade tour was organised with the financial support of 🇩🇪 the German-Ukrainian Cooperation in Organic Agriculture project and organic operators. The tour was co-organised by Organic Business School and the Institute of Organic Production. 🇺🇦 The tour gathered the representatives of 11 organic producers: Agrofirma Pole LLC, ATS-Organic, Danube Agrarian, Jiva, Zhyva Nyva, Organic Original, Skvyrskyi Grain Processing Factory, Stodola, ТЕРРА (LLC) and others. In the frame of the study and trade tour the participants: 📍 visited Ekogala trade fair (Rzeszów, Poland), where more than 300 organic companies from Poland and the EU presented their organic products 📍 attended the training at the Organic Advisory Centre in Radom, Poland (Centrum Doradztwa Rolniczego w Brwinowie oddział w Radomiu) 📍 met with the leading Polish distribution and trading companies that sell organic products in Poland and the EU The tour participants visited the leading specialised organic stores, trading platforms, and retail chains in Warsaw and analysed the range of organic products on their shelves. 🤝 This B2B tour facilitated matchmaking between Ukrainian organic producers and processors and their further cooperation and partnership for the development of organic production and trade in Ukraine. AFC Agriculture and Finance Consultants Stefan Dreesmann, Dr. Oleksandr Kaliberda Kseniia Guliyeva Stefanie Maak OrganicInfo.ua #organicagriculture #organicukraine #organicproduction #organicproducers #tradeinukraine

🌿 Organic Initiative launches a study on the gender profile of the Ukrainian organic sector! 🇺🇦 The Organic Initiative Public Association under the patronage of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine is starting a study of the gender profile of the organic sector of Ukraine. ✅ The purpose of the research is to study the role of women in the organic sector of Ukraine, the changes, in particular due to the full-scale war, to explore the challenges of the industry and possible ways to overcome them. ✅ The results of the study will be conclusions and recommendations for the for the Ukrainian organic stakeholders which will allow improving the gender balance in the industry and help to create better conditions for women's involvement in the organic sector. ✅ The goals and objectives of the study are in line with the objectives of the State Strategy for Ensuring Equal Rights and Opportunities for Women and Men until 2030 approved by the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of August 12, 2022. "Ensuring equal rights and opportunities for women and men is recognized throughout the world as the most important factor in achieving sustainable development, as well as a condition for building a legal and democratic state in which human rights and freedoms are guaranteed and ensured," the strategy states. 🙌 The survey will be conducted in December 2023 and January 2024. We invite organic market operators in Ukraine to participate in the study by completing a questionnaire or taking part in the interview by phone. 📝 The questionnaire is available via the link >> https://lnkd.in/eRbSB-nT The study of the gender profile of the Ukrainian organic sector is conducted by Organic Initiative Public Association in cooperation with research agency MZ Hub under the auspices of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine of Ukraine and with support of Switzerland in the frame of the Swiss- Ukrainian Program "Higher Value Added Trade from the Organic and Dairy Sector in Ukraine" implemented by the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL (Switzerland) in partnership with SAFOSO AG (Switzerland). The organizers of the study are grateful to the Kyiv Institute of Gender Studies Charitable Organization for their assistance in the preparation of the questionnaire. SECO Economic Cooperation and Development    OrganicInfo.ua Organic Standard #organic #organicinukraine #genderprofile #genderbalance

♻️ Expert support from USAID AGRO Ukraine to develop a strategy for the Organic Initiative Public Association. As a part of USAID AGRO Programme's activities to develop the capacity of national associations in the agriculture, the Organic Initiative will provide technical support as an expert assistance in creating a development strategy. 🇺🇦 The purpose of cooperation is to strengthen the union's capacity through the development of a strategy for the development of the Organic Initiative as a 2nd level organisation in the short- and medium- term, for 2023-2025. The main tasks of the expert: 🔰 to constract the business model of the organization for its effective functioning 🔰 to form of the Association's development plan in terms of membership and the need to attract new members 🔰 to search for the best practices and programs of development of the sector, both Ukrainian and international 🔰 to devise a strategy for the development of the Organic Initiative as a 2nd level organisation by 2027 ▫️ The Expert Lidiia Pashchuk — Associate Professor of International Economy and Marketing at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Doctor of Economic Sciences. The lecturer at the CIM | The Chartered Institute of Marketing, International Institute of Business (IIB). In 2022, she became a guest professor at the Università degli Studi di Macerata. ▫️ Lidiia is a practicing business consultant on strategy development, marketing, startups, innovation, services, business education. Expert of the Ukrainian Startup Fund. Business Development Consultant for international organizations: The World Bank; FIABCI, The International Real Estate Federation; UNDP; Federation of Canadian Municipalities. • In 2013, as part of the World Bank project, Lidiia published the guide for business associations “Marketing for Business Associations. Modern Opportunities for Practical Use”. • In 2016, Lidiia launched an All-Ukrainian educational project for small and medium businesses “Small and Medium Entrepreneurship School”. Within three years she extended the geography of the project to 14 cities all over Ukraine with more than 1,000 graduate entrepreneurs. • In 2020, she published the book “Ukrainian Dream. I am an Entrepreneur”. ▫️ In 2022, Lidiia became project expert for USAID Economic Resilience Activity (ERA) assistance. Within the framework of the contract, she provided advisory support for strategy formation, business models, marketing, search sales markets, and personnel development for 15 enterprises and prepared relocation manuals for enterprises and host communities. 🇺🇸 This assessment became possible due to the support of the American People by the USAID Competitive Economy Program in Ukraine (USAID CEP) within the framework of the USAID AGRO Ukraine, which is implemented by Chemonics International. Olena Deineko Kateryna Shor OrganicInfo.ua Sergiy Galashevskyy Олександр Приходько Nataliya Cholovskaya

🌿 We are pleased to present 22 cases of the recovery and development of organic companies in Ukraine. Organic Initiative Public Association has attracted 11 partners from 9 countries, and funded micro-, small- and medium- organic businesses with over 130 grants as a part of the Organic Initiative's Grant programme "Support to the Organic Sector of Ukraine" during 2022-2023 >> https://lnkd.in/g3xzJp_M 💰 The total funding support is over USD 440,000. 🇺🇦 🇺🇦 🇺🇦 We would like to present you 22 stories which are only a small part of the positive changes on the Ukrainian organic market still suffering due the full-scale war. These 22 cases show how financial grant support can contribute to successful changes in companies: from smart strategy to scaling up business. The outcomes include: 💚 rebuilding the assets and production lost during the occupation 💚 maintaining and creating new jobs 💚 expansion into new markets, new sales channels and smart sales strategic move 💚 expanding the product range by creating new products 💚 increasing the number of suppliers 💚 promoting the brand by the investments in marketing 💚 obtaining new types of certification to expand into new markets 💚 reduction of production costs 💚 quality & productivity improvement of the production, etc. Read all the stories on the slides👇 The series of cases was created by the Organic Initiative with the support of 🇨🇭 Switzerland within the Swiss-Ukrainian program “Higher Value Added Trade from the Organic and Dairy Sector in Ukraine” implemented by the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL (Switzerland) in partnership with SAFOSO AG (Switzerland), qftp.org Information Center "Green Dossier"  OrganicInfo.ua #greeneconomy #organicagriculture #organicfood #sustainability

🙌 We sincerely thank Stefan Dreesmann, Dr., "German-Ukrainian Cooperation in Organic Farming" project, AFC Agriculture and Finance Consultants, Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture for supporting Ukrainian organic farmers! 🇩🇪🇪🇺🇺🇦We appreciate your help and cooperation! #organicproduction #organicukraine #westandwithukraine #standwithukraine #europeansupport

🌿 Organic conference and festival, awards for producers and state logo on organic products – how Ukraine celebrated Organic Day and Organic September 2023. 🙌 Read the article! 🇪🇺 European Union 🇺🇦 Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine SECO Economic Cooperation and Development   IFOAM - Organics International Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL Helvetas SAFOSO AFC Agriculture and Finance Consultants NIRAS International Consulting OrganicInfo.ua Stefan Dreesmann, Dr. Elisabeth Christine Rüegg Oleksandr Kaliberda Kseniia Guliyeva Kateryna Shor Olena Deineko Olena Svyripa Richter Toralf Anastasiia Pivniuk #OrganicinFood #OrganicInUkraine #IGrowYourFood