Millions of hectares of land in Ukraine will not be sown this spring due to explosive ordnance contamination. Farmers in the war zone and in the de-occupied territories do not have enough money for this. Today, demining one hectare of land costs about 40-50 thousand hryvnias, and this is the market value of agricultural land for the intended purpose. Denis Marchuk, deputy chairman of the Ukrainian Agri Council, spoke about this on the air of "My-Ukraine".

According to him, the lack of financial support for farmers will intensify the global food crisis.

"Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine has intensified the global food crisis. In the world, they did not even think about what role Ukraine plays in global agricultural markets. Since February 24, many countries had noticed how rapidly the prices of food products began to rise, which immediately forced everyone to start solving the issue of resuming exports from Ukraine. Today,  food export have improved, thanks to the work of the "grain agreement". But the price farmers sell their products is not market, it worsens the preparation of farmers for spring sowing", said Denys Marchuk.

The lack of funds and the inability to properly prepare for the planting campaign in 2023 will lead to the fact that a significant number of fields will not be planted, which will lead to a shortage of food in the world. Therefore, today Ukraine should call on the world community to start forming financial support for Ukrainian producers.

"Agrarians in liberated territories need special support. Their fields remain mined, millions of hectares of land are at risk of being left without crops this year. The funds should be used to train additional demining teams and to finance the demining of fields for farmers. Mining works on one hectare of land actually cost as much as the land itself i.e. approximately 40-50 thousand hryvnias per hectare. It is very difficult to find such funds, especially for those farmers who lost everything because of the war. A billion dollars is the minimum that need to be involved in this work today," stressed the Deputy Chairman of the UAC, Denys Marchuk.