Shortage of high-quality milk is a threat for the food security of Ukraine – Olga Kozak

25 years ago Ukraine was ranked 6th in the world by cow’s milk production. Now it faces the threat of shortage of milk.
25 years ago Ukraine was ranked 6th in the world by cow’s milk production. Now it faces the threat of shortage of milk.
November 30 – December 14, 2018, the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) conducted its own all-Ukrainian public opinion poll on the right of the citizens to freely dispose of the land shares they own.
It seems that Ukrainian dairy is already recovering from the long crisis that they endured in 2014-2016. Of course, there is still a lot of unresolved problems, but comparing the current situation with last year circumstances, there is some reason for optimism.
Global milk production levels continue to recover following the sharp contraction in late 2016, according to the Rabobank Global Dairy Quarterly Q2 2017.
Heinz Strubenhoff, Senior Private Sector Specialist – World Bank shared his view on Ukrainian agri and food export opportunities on brookings.edu.
Making сhoice – where from to buy dairy products – depends on the consumer’s capabilities. First of all, he decides where close to his place he can buy them.
Ukraine has always been incorporated into the global economic space, it is one of the world food market players which has always been dependent and almost never disconnected from it. This can be fully applied to the market of milk and dairy products, which is considered as the open market.
“As of 2015, there are about 121 million dairy farmers around the world. When you think about why dairy and government policy are so closely linked, it’s because so many people are involved in milk production globally”.
“The world milk price – it really can’t get any worse, so prepare for an upturn”, – says Torsten Hemme, Managing Director of the International Farm Comparison Network to The Dairy Site, which placed a big interview with the expert.
The European Commission announced today a second package of exceptional measures to try and solve the deepening crisis in the Dairy and pigmeat sectors.