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Malgré la guerre, l’Ukraine a préservé une capacité de production agricole remarquable, réinventé ses routes logistiques et maintenu son rôle clé dans la sécurité alimentaire internationale. À la croisée des dynamiques géopolitiques, agricoles et énergétiques, le pays incarne bien plus qu’un simple fournisseur de matières premières. À l’heure où l’UE repense son autonomie, où les États-Unis réévaluent leurs priorités et où la Russie mobilise son influence via le blé et les engrais, l’Ukraine s’affirme comme un espace décisif pour les équilibres agricoles, diplomatiques et économiques du XXIᵉ siècle.

À l’occasion de la sortie du Déméter 2026, Arthur Portier, consultant senior chez Agritel – Argus Media France, agriculteur, répond à nos différentes questions :

• Quelle est la place actuelle de l’agriculture en Ukraine et en Europe, et quelles transformations majeures ont affecté leurs marchés agricoles depuis le 22 février 2024 ?
• Quels scénarios concrets de productivité et d’échanges agricoles en Europe de l’Est et en UE peut-on envisager ?
• Comment la Russie a-t-elle fait usage de sa puissance agricole pendant la guerre ?

L’article Ukraine, front agricole disputé est apparu en premier sur IRIS.

Shaping fair recruitment - preventing exploitation

According to the Hungarian approach, defence procurement and domestic defence industry development are closely linked. Defence acquisition serves not only the goal of modernising the country’s army and military capabilities, long overdue, but also of launching domestic weapons manufacturing and development, which contributes to industrial growth and economic progress. Defence equipment is mostly procured from European partners, nevertheless, the country pays attention to obtaining material from other countries in order to diversify its sources. As defence procurement and comprehensive capability development had been ongoing for years, the outbreak of the war in Ukraine in 2022 has not caused any major change in procurement practices, it has rather reinforced some of Hungary’s already declared commitments.

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L’article What Are the Main Drivers of Member States’ Defence Procurement Practices? The Hungarian Case est apparu en premier sur IRIS.