On November 28, 2019, the scheduled meeting of the Board of Seed Association of Ukraine took place in Kyiv.
The meeting was held under the chairmanship of Romain Stefan DESTHIEUX, the Head of the Company MAS Seeds ("Maisadour Semences Ukraine", LLC), the current chairperson of the Board, with the participation of the representatives of companies - active members of the association: Limagrain Ukraine, Euralis Semences Ukraine, Caussade Vostok, Ragt Semences Ukraine, Syngenta, KWS-Ukraine.
At the meeting, the Board members unanimously supported the application of the Office of the Agricultural Counsellor of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Ukraine to join the Association as a new member. By now, it has become a 30th member of SAU.
Since August 12, 2019, Reinoud Nuijten is the Agricultural Counsellor of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Ukraine. He has over 10 years of experience in project management, in particular in the Western Balkans, Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Prior to his appointment in Kyiv, Mr. Nuijten was involved in development of international trade, projects on creation of value-added chain and export promotion. He has particular experience in public-private cooperation and institutional capacity building.
"Horticulture and planting materials are our priority, we would like to promote Dutch practices and expertise in seed and planting materials business Ukraine. We hope Seed Association of Ukraine will help us have positive impact on harmonization of Ukrainian legislation with the EU legislation. We believe in success of working together," said Reinoud Nuijten, the Agricultural counsellor..
This material was prepared by APK-Inform in the framework of information cooperation with Seed Association of Ukraine.
