24 Ukrainian Companies to Showcase Their Organic Products at BIOFACH 2025
Today, 11 February, the National Pavilion of Ukraine was officially opened at the international trade fair BIOFACH 2025. The event will run for four days, from 11 to 14 February 2025, in Nuremberg, Germany. Within the National Pavilion, 24 Ukrainian exporters are presenting a wide range of organic products, demonstrating the high quality, competitiveness, and resilience of the country’s organic sector despite the challenges posed by the war.
BIOFACH 2025 participants have the opportunity to explore a diverse selection of Ukrainian organic products, including berries and fruits, dairy products, nuts, honey and beekeeping products, chocolate, cereals, grains and pulses, juices and jams, fruit rolls, leather and chips, baby food, snacks and breakfast cereals, medicinal herbs, oils, oilcakes, and more. Some of these products are already successfully exported to the European Union.
On the first day of the trade fair, the official opening of the National Pavilion of Ukraine took place, featuring welcome addresses from the organisers and partners, including:
- Maryna Kyslytska, Head of the State Policy Division on Organic Production of the Food Security and Excise Products Directorate of the Department of State Policy on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine;
- Sergii Zakharin, Deputy Head of the State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection for Digital Development, Digital Transformation and Digitalisation;
- Marco Kräuchi, Program Manager, State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), Switzerland (development partner of Swiss programmes QFTP and SIPPO);
- Stefan Dreesmann, Team Leader, German-Ukrainian Cooperation in Organic Agriculture (COA);
- Iryna Kukhtina, President of Ukrainian Berries Association.
“The presence of Ukraine at this leading organic trade fair is a powerful message to the world that, even under critical conditions, the organic business is able to find new ways for growth, reflecting this year’s fair’s moto “Yes, we do!”,” Marco Kräuchi, Program Manager, Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO).
During the four days of the trade fair Ukrainian exporters plan to hold numerous meetings with potential partners and buyers, contributing to the strengthening of Ukrainian organic products’ position in the international market. The trade fair will also become as a platform for discussing the development prospects of the sector, particularly in the context of Ukraine’s integration into the European organic market.
Tomorrow, 12 February, the conference “Ukraine’s Organic Sector in the EU Integration Process – Challenges, Opportunities, and Post-War Resilience” will take place withing the trade fair. Representatives from the public and private sectors will discuss strategies for the recovery and growth of organic production in Ukraine. Participants will share practical steps towards international cooperation, logistics development, and export expansion.
The National Pavilion of Ukraine at BIOFACH 2025 is organised by the Ukrainian Berries Association and the State Institution “Entrepreneurship and Export Promotion Office” (EEPO, Ukraine), the national project Diia.Business, under the patronage of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, and with the support of:
- Switzerland within the framework of the Swiss-Ukrainian Programme “Higher Value Added Trade from the Organic and Dairy Sector in Ukraine” (QFTP)implemented by the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL, Switzerland) in partnership with SAFOSO AG (Switzerland), and the Swiss Import Promotion Programme (SIPPO) implemented by Swisscontact.
- Ukraine-Moldova American Enterprise Fund (UMAEF)
- German-Ukrainian Сooperation in Organic Agriculture project (COA)with financial support from the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture of Germany (BMEL).
