During a visit to Ukraine, the International Consultant of the ITC and the expert on edible nuts James Fitzpatrick, the ITC Project team visited five walnut gardens growing walnuts and hazelnuts in the Vinnytsya, Odesa and Mykolaiv regions.

On August 7-8 the ITC Project team will hold a training for representatives of production and processing enterprises of the fruit and vegetable industry of the region.

On August 6-8, the ITC Project consultants will visit Dnipro to acquaint the representatives of the fruit and vegetable business with the activities of the Project and provide useful professional information.

During the theoretical part NPM of the ITC Project in Ukraine Alyona Kolomoitceva has presented the report “The World Market for Apples and Apple Products”.

The visit is planned during the harvesting period (from 8 to 12 July) in order to prepare for the workshop in September.

The ITC Project in Ukraine, in common with the Ukrainian Walnut Association, will hold a workshop for entrepreneurs engaged in the nut industry “Raising awareness of the export opportunities for walnut and hazelnut producers”.

On June 11-12, the Odesa Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry hosted training for business support organizations (BSOs) which supporting the small and medium-sized companies of the fruit and vegetable industry in the south of Ukraine.