Even in war conditions, Ukraine is in the top 5 world agricultural exporters

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The Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Mykola Solsky told about the key food challenges and ways to overcome them during his speech at the opening of the International Green Week.

One of such challenges the Minister named the blockage of Ukrainian agro-export both at the beginning of Russia's full-scale war and today, because of artificial inspections of ships in Bosporus which causes turbulence on food markets. As a consequence, food prices are rising and the overall food crisis is worsening.

«Ukraine, together with international partners, has made every effort to expand new logistical routes, including the launch of a grain corridor. Thanks to this we have remained a guarantor of food security of the world. And even in such difficult conditions our state has been able to export more than 40 million tons of grain, oilseeds and oil products to provide food for hundreds of millions of people around the world since the beginning of the war. Ukraine, no matter what, retained its position as a top-5 world agricultural exporter,» he stressed.

More information: agravery.com