Ukraine, the UK, and Lithuania have signed a Memorandum on the launch of the Grain Verification Scheme. The mechanism will help identify stolen grain from the occupied territories. This was announced by the Minister of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine Vitaliy Koval.
“An innovative database from the UK: advanced technologies for determining the place of cultivation will help protect the interests of Ukrainian farmers and market transparency,” Koval writes.
The pilot launch of the initiative will take place in the port of Klaipeda in Lithuania, which is expected to become a key hub for verifying the origin of grain.
After the occupation of Ukrainian territories in 2022, Russians took away the harvest or bought it at low prices. Such grain is usually then sold on the black market. According to Cxemu journalists, Russia has been selling stolen Ukrainian agricultural products in Azerbaijan, Turkey, Syria, Iran, and Spain, among others.
