The plan would potentially include investing in Ukrainian vegetable storage capabilities and setting up a processing plant for products like udon and ramen.
Zensho, which operates 15,000 restaurants globally (10,000 located in Europe), specifically noted interest in potatoes, cabbage, and onions from Ukraine. Ukraine’s Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food, Vitaliy Koval, highlighted the significant loss—35% of vegetables—due to insufficient storage. Improving these facilities could cut waste, thereby increasing the quantity that reaches consumers both domestically and internationally.
Further collaboration may extend into food technologies, meat cattle breeding, rice cultivation, and dairy production. According to Minister Koval, expanding cooperation not only involves exporting agricultural goods to Japan, but also establishing a local processing facility that produces iconic Japanese staples such as udon noodles. This strategy, if realized, would strengthen commercial links between the two nations and foster deeper agrarian and technological partnerships.
