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Ukrainian Family Dairy Farms Grow their Businesses with Credit Union Financing Despite the Ongoing War

2023-04-30

Maria and Bohdan Zobrodotski at their dairy farm, Volyn Oblast, Ukraine

Young and motivated, Mariya and Bohdan Zabrodotski are raising three kids while running a 15-cow dairy farm in Volyn Oblast that produces 200 liters of milk per day.

“I received a cow as a gift from my parents when I married Bohdan. That’s how we started,” says Mariya with a smile. Despite Russia’s war against Ukraine, the young farmers wished to continue with their plans to grow their business.

Read more about Mariya and Bohdan in our latest USAID/WOCCU Credit for Agriculture Producers (CAP) Project in Ukraine Success Story.