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The Black Sea Grain Initiative is not blocked, work is underway to continue it, UN system coordinator in Ukraine Denise Brown said.

All-Ukrainian public organization "Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation" together with member organizations of the Ukrainian National Agrarian Forum (UNAF) - Ukrainian Agribusiness Club, All-Ukrainian Agrarian Council, Agrarian Union of Ukraine - appeals to the EU Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (EU Food & Farming), EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council and Copa-Cogeca members organizations with a request to extend the preferential trade conditions between Ukraine and the EU at least till the end of 2024.

Since the beginning of this year, Ukraine has shipped 194.4 thousand tons of agricultural products to Africa on 8 vessels, including 46.5 thousand tons of wheat. In particular, the fourth vessel as a part of the initiative «Grain from Ukraine» has recently left the port of Chornomorsk. The name of the ship is AMIRA HANA and it will deliver 30 thousand tons of wheat to the port of Djibouti, and from there the Ukrainian grain will be shipped to Ethiopia. In total, Ukraine has already delivered 238.3 thousand tons of wheat to Ethiopia, which is on the edge of famine.

The Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Mr. Mykola Solskyi in his speech at the opening of the International Green Week spoke about the key food challenges and the ways to overcome them.

One of these challenges is the blocking of Ukrainian agricultural exports, both at the beginning of the full-scale war with Russia and today, due to artificial inspections of ships at the Bosporus, which cause turbulence in food markets. As a result, food prices are rising and the food crisis is getting worse.