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Illustrative stock photo of wheat in a field in the Ukrainian city of Nikolaev
March 19 (Archyde.com) – Ukraine may not produce enough grain to export if this year’s planting seasons are disrupted by the Russian invasion, presidential adviser Oleh Ustenko said in a televised interview on Saturday.
“Ukraine has enough reserves of grain and food to survive for a year, but if the war continues … it will not be able to export grain to the world, and there will be problems,” the official said, adding that Ukraine is the world’s fifth-largest exporter. wheat.
(Reporting by Natalia Zinets; writing by Max Hunder. Editing in Spanish by Javier Leira)