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China will take three to five years to establish a quality system for agricultural produce - 08.01.2008

China will take three to five years to establish a quality system for agricultural produce that is on par with international standards, agriculture vice-minister Gao Hongbin said Tuesday. Moratorium on sale of farming land prolonged - 08.01.2008

     The moratorium on the sale of farming land has been prolonged until legal regulation of land market, says the law on the 2008 national budget. The moratorium was prolonged from January 1, 2008 until the laws of the State Land Cadastre and... President requests land moratorium end - 29.12.2007

       During “National priorities” annual press conference President Victor Yushchenko spoke for ending moratorium on land selling, according to the President`s press-office. To V. Yushchenko this moratorium negatively influences effective land... Russia expects to complete WTO talks in coming months - Medvedkov - 27.12.2007

      Russia expects to complete World Trade Organization (WTO) accession talks within the next few months, head of the Russian delegation to the talks and director of Russian Ministry of Economic Development Maxim Medvedkov told... Sumitomo setting up agrochemicals trader in Russia - 27.12.2007

      Japan's Sumitomo Corp. is setting up a company in Russia to sell agrochemical products, the company said in a statement.       The new company, Summit Agro (a division of Sumitomo's subsidiary Sumitomo Summit Agro Europe), will... Sunflower seeds exporters continue increasing of purchasing prices - 27.12.2007

        The Ukrainian export market of sunflower seeds observes low trade-purchasing activity.         According to the experts of IA "APK-Inform", the most part of export-oriented companies ship sunflower seeds under the current... Export of grain would be opened from January 01, 2008 - 27.12.2007

       According to the Minister of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine Yuriy Melnik, the export of grain form the country would be opened since January 01, 2008.         In addition, he noted that at the moment the Government does not plan to postpone... According to the draft of resolution, the moratorium for sales of agricultural lands may be prolonged till the end of 2009 - 27.12.2007

       According to the new graft of resolution No 1051, registered in the Verkhovna Rada, the sales-and-purchase of agricultural lands would be banned till January 01, 2010.        In addition, this document stipulates what law regulates the... FAO calls for urgent steps to protect the poor from soaring food prices - 24.12.2007

        17 December 2007, Rome – FAO is urging governments and the international community to implement immediate measures in support of poor countries hit hard by dramatic food price increases.        Currently 37 countries worldwide are... Ukraine to pay 179.5 usd/1,000 cubic metres for Russian gas in 2008 - 06.12.2007

     Russia and Ukraine have reached an agreement on the gas price of 179.5 usd per 1,000 cubic metres for 2008 for Russian gas delivered to Ukraine, Russian gas company Gazprom.       According to the information of Gazprom, the transit rate... Yatseniuk was elected on post of Verkhovna Rada Speaker - 06.12.2007

Arseniy Yatseniuk has been elected as Verkhovna Rada Speaker of Ukraine of the sixth convocation. 227 lawmakers voted for his candidacy.   Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218