Seeds of Resilience: Innovations for Ukraine’s Food and National Security
- Day theme: Food, Agriculture, Women, Gender, and Afrodescendants, Science, Technology, and Artificial Intelligence
- Agriculture
- Artificial Intelligence
- Food
- High Level Event
- Technology
- Elected Officials to Protect America (EOPA)
- IKEM
- Kernel
- Lemon family foundation
- Mercy Corps
- Ministry of Economy, Environment and Agriculture
- Ukraine Energy Security Marshall Plan
The war continues, yet Ukraine’s agricultural sector endures as a cornerstone of national resilience and global stability. Despite immense challenges, Ukraine continues to cultivate, export, and innovate—demonstrating the determination of its people and the strategic importance of agriculture to sovereignty, food security, and recovery.
This high-level session explores how agricultural innovation, climate-smart technologies, and sustainable finance can strengthen Ukraine’s capacity to feed its people, revitalize rural regions, and contribute to global food stability. Panelists will discuss opportunities for blended finance, including under Article 6, distributed renewable energy, and digital transformation to modernize Ukraine’s agriculture and make it both green and sovereign, reinforcing the connection between agriculture, security, and peace.
Moderator
Ievgeniia Kopytsia, MSCA4Ukraine Fellow, UniGe, Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, IKEM
Speakers
- Pavlo Kartashov, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Economy, Environment and Agriculture of Ukraine
- Olga Petryniak, Senior Director of Resilience for East Africa, Mercy Corps
- Marta Trofimova, Head of Sustainability, Kernel
- Kateryna Holzer, Senior Researcher, University of Eastern Finland, Offcorr project (Research Council of Finland)
- Till Reinholz, Doctoral Researcher, Institute for Climate Protection, Energy and Mobility (IKEM)
- Mike Lemon, Founder, Low Carbon Initiatives & BHI Energy