Roman Olearchyk writes: “Ukraine, already one of the world’s top producers and exporters of grain, is floating a bold plan to boost domestic harvests by offering to lease out millions of hectares of unused, government-owned farm land.”
The report
continues: “Billed by authorities in Kyiv as Ukraine’s response to rising
concerns over global food security, the project could lure in billions of
dollars in investments, helping Ukraine achieve its much-hyped goal of
harvesting more from its famously-rich black earth by doubling yields and
annual crop volumes.”