On November 12-14, the USAID Economic Resilience Activity (ERA) with Ukrainian Agribusiness Club (UCAB) attended Fastmarkets Global Grain Geneva 2024 conference to promote Ukraine’s grain export capabilities and to seek new commercial opportunities for UCAB members on the global grain market. More than 800 participants from 500 companies and over 55 countries attended this prestigious event.
Importers, traders, brokers, shippers, policy makers and other sector stakeholders joined and used this international platform to expand networking opportunities, build relationships, gather valuable market insights and expand commercial activity in agricultural commodities markets.
UCAB’s booth enabled delegates from various countries within the supply chain to meet directly with 16 Ukrainian exporters and companies to discuss commercial sales opportunities for new and existing markets.
ERA’s Supply Chain and Export Logistics Lead, Thomas O’Callaghan, attended and noted, “Global Grain Geneva provides Ukrainian exporters a valuable opportunity to meet directly with key commercial decision makers in the global grain and oilseed trade. Over the course of three days, the UCAB stand facilitated commercial connectivity and face-to-face meetings with 82 international trading and shipping companies located in 27 countries across the world. This event not only gave Ukrainian exporters the chance to articulate in person the value of Ukrainian grain and oilseed products, it also gave international buyers a better understanding of the ongoing opportunities and value proposition to source directly from producers within Ukraine’s largest export sector”.