Ukraine and China are intensifying their cooperation in the agricultural sector and are planning to implement several joint projects that are currently being agreed, Ukrainian Agricultural Policy and Food Minister Mykola Prysiazhniuk has said.
In particular, he said that the sides planned to sign memorandums on partnership in the field of veterinary medicine and cooperation in agriculture between the Ukrainian Agricultural Policy and Food Ministry and the Government of China's Liaoning Province.
"A memorandum of understanding between our relevant ministries on the joint construction of an agricultural and industrial park has already been signed. Work on determining executors from the Ukrainian side is currently being conducted," Prysiazhniuk said.
He also said that both countries had started implementing projects on the construction of a dairy farm for 3,300 cows in Chernihiv region and a pig farm with a closed cycle of production and a capacity of 24,000 pigs per year in Kyiv region.
"The trade between our countries is now relatively small, but it has recently had a constant tendency to grow. The prospects of Ukrainian-Chinese cooperation, taking into account the potential of our countries, are enormous. And the fact that the Chinese side has currently begun to show interest in Ukrainian agribusiness is a very good sign," he said.
He also said that the positive aspect of bilateral cooperation was an agreement on the creation of a Ukrainian-Chinese sub-commission, which is due to meet in China in September 2011.
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