According to the forecasts of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy, 70% of the area in Ukraine will be sown this year. If in Chernihiv and Sumy regions, where there are huge agricultural areas, everything will be demined in the coming weeks, the sown area may increase by up to 80%. This was reported by the Ministry of Agrarian Policy.
“Therefore, Ukraine can be calm in terms of food security. In recent decades, we have exported 70% of our own products, leaving 30% for domestic consumption. So everything will be enough for us, even with such reduced sown areas, “said First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Taras Vysotsky.
He stressed that Ukraine is ready and will continue to play its important role in ensuring global food security.
“The most critical factor in exports is the blockade of the ports of Odessa and Mykolayiv, because more than 90% of agricultural exports took place before the war through these ports. Other infrastructure is limited. Therefore, if we manage to unlock the ports in the near future, even following the results of this year, we will be able to at least remain in the TOP-10 food exporters. If there are exports by alternative means – rail or car – then, of course, the position will be weaker, because physically to export such a volume of products by other means will not succeed quickly. This infrastructure needs to be developed, and it will take time, “Taras Vysotsky explained.