Opportunities and challenges of EU integration for livestock farming in the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine

International Conference

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13 November 2024, 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Convention Center, Room 3B

With the opening of accession negotiations with the European Union this year, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine have reached an important milestone. The integration into the EU requires 100 percent implementation of EU regulations, a prerequisite for full integration. The agricultural sector and livestock production in the EU are characterized by

High requirements for environmental and climate protection
Extensive regulations on animal health, control of animal diseases and food safety
Increasing requirements for livestock farming: space requirements, type of husbandry, breeding characteris-tics, feeding, curative interventions, use of antibiotics and emissions

While the adoption of EU regulations represents a particular challenge, access to the EU internal market, includ-ing the support measures of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), offers significant opportunities. Livestock farming in Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova is currently facing a number of difficult challenges. While live-stock farming in the Republic of Moldova, with the exception of poultry production, has been characterized by a drastic decline in livestock numbers over the past three decades, livestock farming in Ukraine has been severely affected by the Russian war of aggression. Interruptions in energy supplies, logistical problems in the delivery of feed and operating resources, liquidity shortage and a shortage of skilled workers are causing significant prob-lems for Ukrainian farms. Against this background, the event aims to provide a platform to discuss current agri-cultural policy challenges and to discuss the opportunities and challenges for livestock farming in the upcoming EU integration of the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine.

Simultaneous translation: German/Romanian/Ukrainian

Programme in Romanian (PDF) Programme in Ukrainian (PDF)

Programme

Opening
Dr. Olga Hunger, Regional Director Eastern Europe, DLG e.V.

Welcome

Dr. Ophelia Nick, Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture
Taras Vysotskiy, First Deputy Minister for Agricultural Policy and Food of Ukraine
Iurie Scripnic, State Secretary for Animal Production, Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry of the Republic of Moldova

Reports on the situation of livestock farming

Dr. Hans-Peter Schons, Managing Director, Association of German Animal Breeders e.V.
Iurie Scripnic, State Secretary for Animal Production, Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry of the Republic of Moldova
Olga Romanova, Head of the Livestock Breeding Division of the Department of Agrarian Development of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine

Panel discussion

Moderation:

Mariya Yaroshko, Project Manager, German-Ukrainian Agricultural Policy Dialogue
Frederik Tipp, Project Manager German-Moldovan Agricultural Policy Dialogue

Strategies of agricultural policy

Iurie Scripnic, State Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry of the Republic of Moldova
Olga Romanova, Head of the Livestock Breeding Division of the Department of Agrarian Development of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine
Olexandr Starynets, Head of the Secretariat, Agricultural Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
Vitalie Caraus, Head of Animal Health and Welfare Department, National Food Safety Agency, Moldova

Strategies in Agribusiness

Olexandra Avramenko, Head of the Committee on EU Integration, Ukrainian Agriculture Business Club (UCAB), member of UNAF, Ukraine
Hanna Lavrenyuk, Head of the Association of Dairy Farmers, Ukraine
Oksana Yurchenko, Head of the Association of Pig Breeders, Ukraine
Ludmila Catlabuga, Executive Director, Association of Milk Producers of the Republic of Moldova
Ecaterina Perebinos, Member, Association of Pork Producers of the Republic of Moldova