In the panel discussion, Andriy Vadaturskyy described how NIBULON has been developing innovative solutions to wartime disruptions, and how Ukraine’s agricultural sector urgently requires lenders to provide expanded financing options to ensure its survival.
“There has been significant international support for the grain corridor, but Ukrainian agricultural businesses also need a financing corridor. The main task for agribusinesses is to survive the war, then we must prepare for future innovation, investments, and growth. None of this will be possible without financial guarantees,” Andriy Vadaturskyy said.
He explained that Ukrainian agricultural businesses currently have no access to international financial markets and face prohibitive borrowing rates at home. This means they will have limited or no resources to prepare for the next agricultural season and to invest in strategic solutions to war-related disruptions. Increased Western support is critical to ensure that the agricultural sector weathers this crisis and continues to play its important role in global food security and Ukraine’s post-war reconstruction.
The panel was moderated by UkraineAlert editor Peter Dickinson, and included Aivaras Abromavičius, former Minister of Economy and Trade of Ukraine, Admiral James Foggo, Dean of the Center for Maritime Strategy, and Dr. Hanna Shelest, Director of Security Programs at the Foreign Policy Council’s ‘Ukrainian Prism’.
A recording of the event is available here.