Ukraine's Deputy Agriculture Minister Taras Dzuba said that the country's winter wheat crop is in good shape, and that Ukraine will harvest enough wheat this year.
Analysts expected the 2022 wheat crop to decline sharply due to the Russian war on Ukraine, which caused a shrinkage in the cultivated area.
"Regarding the new crop, winter crops are already doing well across the country, and despite the difficulties of working in the fields, Ukraine will have bread, this war of course has severely undermined export prospects, which will lead to higher prices," Dzuba said in a statement yesterday evening. .
Agricultural consultancy AKB-inform reported this week that the acreage of cereal crops in Ukraine in spring could be reduced by 39% to 4.7 million hectares (about 11.2 million acres) due to the Russian invasion.
Ukraine, which reaped a record grain harvest of 86 million tons last year, planted 7.7 million hectares last spring.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said last week that the largest possible area should be planted this spring.
Ukraine is the fifth exporter of wheat in the world, and its exports amount to 7.03% of global exports, with a value of $3.1 billion. The Russian-Ukrainian war has confused global wheat supplies and inflamed its prices, reaching their highest level in 14 years.