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In 2009, the general production volumes of oilseeds in Ukraine are expected at the level of nearly 9 mln tonnes, including 6.1 mln tonnes of sunflower, 1.89 mln tonnes of rapeseed, 950 thsd tonnes of soybean, declared Stepan Kapshuk, the general director of the association "Ukroliyaprom", during the International conference of oilseeds, vegetable oils and by-products ("Oilseeds & Oils 2009"), taking place in Istanbul (Turkey) on October 12-14.

Ukraine, Russia and Argentina take 53%of the world market of sunflower production (18%, 22% and 13% respectively), declared Vadim Litvinenko, the analyst of the market of oilseeds and by-products of APK-Inform Agency, reporting at the international conference “Oilseeds & Oils 2009” (Turkey). These three countries export nearly 32% of the world exports of sunflower seed.

As the International Monetary Fund(IMF) and the World Bank annual meetings approach as another arena for policy makers to discuss ways to resume and sustain growth, the world economy is scrabbling on the way out of the deepest recession since the 1930s.

The United States is getting back into the work of helping poor, developing countries increase their agricultural output, a policy it abandoned nearly three decades ago, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said.

"We moved away from investments in agricultural productivity, toward emergency food aid [in 1981]," Clinton said in a speech at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York September 25. "Revitalizing global agriculture will not be easy. In fact, this is one of the most ambitious and comprehensive diplomacy and development efforts our country has ever undertaken."