__Leonid Kozachenko

__President of the Association

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__All-Ukrainian Public Association "Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation" (AUPA "UAC")was based in 1993 and occupies the leading position among professional associations of agroindustrial complex of Ukraine. Mission of UAC is to unite the professional organizations in the field of agrarian and industrial complex, manufacturers, processing enterprises and service departments of agrarian sector for the sake of creation of favorable conditions for profitable business by use of the newest technologies of managing, as well as effective activity at the agroindustrial market of Ukraine. In the structure of the Ukrainian agrarian confederation there are over 60 collective members - branch professional associations, leaders of agrarian business, agricultural manufacturers, processing enterprises, the enterprises and the organizations of insurance and service of agrarian and industrial complex. Including the Ukrainian grain association, the Union of the dairy enterprises of Ukraine, Association "Ukrmasloprom", Association of farmers and private land owners, Association "Hothouses of Ukraine", Agrofirm "Gardens of Ukraine", such known companies as "Reimburse", "Klub syru", "Astarta Kiev", "Credo-classic", "Nibulon", "Basf", "Lui Dreifus", "Topfer", "Bunhe", etc.

__The Regional centers of confederation are created and effectively work in the majority of oblasts of Ukraine. UAC states interests of more than forty thousands economic subjects, it is over 1 million workers. The primary goals of the Ukrainian agrarian confederation are:

__- Cooperation of UAC with authorities concerning formation of a modern agrarian policy of Ukraine;

__- Protection and representation of interests of agrarian business in the government;

__- Influence on legislative and standard-legal regulations of activity of the enterprises of agrarian and industrial complex;

__- Representation of interests of national agrarian sector abroad;

__- Creation of a platform for dialogue of the representatives of all branches of agrarian and industrial complex for the purpose of consolidation of efforts for effective development of agroindustrial sector;

__- Increase of professional level of the experts of agrarian sector.