Because of the war the area under crops in Ukraine has decreased by about 25%

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Because of russia's full-scale war against Ukraine, the agrarian sector has suffered enormous losses. This is a decrease in cultivated areas, reduced production, falling exports, expensive logistics and so on. All these factors and weather conditions will affect the spring sowing campaign. According to the preliminary data of the structural subdivisions of regional state administrations, as of December 30, the expected sowing areas of all categories of farms on the controlled territory of Ukraine for the harvest of 2023 shall be 21.8 million hectares, which is 6.8 million hectares less than in 2021 (28.6 million).

This is reported by the Ministry of Agrarian Policy with reference to the First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Taras Vysotsky.

"If we talk about the sowing campaign, we can not use about 25% of the area yet because of hostilities or the temporary occupation of the territories. After de-occupation it will take a long time to clear and clean the territories. What the occupier leaves requires at least several months, if not up to a year, to return to production. Another part of the area could not be sown because of unfavorable weather conditions. In spring we need to cover the deficit of winter crops that have not been sown," he said.

At the moment it is difficult to predict the gross harvest of crops, which will greatly depend on weather and climatic conditions during the complex of field work, as well as financial and logistical support of a particular agricultural producer. Including the availability of seeds and fertilizers.

Already now it is possible to predict the reduction of their application up to 50% of the scientifically based norms because of the rise in price. The use of cheaper technologies provokes the reduction of production.

We shall remind you that the full recovery of agriculture will take 2-3 years. In particular, there are still 110 thousand hectares of agricultural land in Kharkiv region that needs to be cleared of mines.


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