Markian Dmytrasevych, Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food, acknowledged that “exports of Ukrainian agricultural products [had] had an impact on our neighbours to the West”, on Monday 24 April before the European Parliament’s Agriculture Committee.
He told MEPs that 20% of Ukraine’s arable land was “occupied or mined” as a result of the Russian war. Despite this, “we have harvested enough to guarantee food security in Ukraine and internationally”, he...