Greg Page, the ceo of Cargill, the US agribusiness group, has become the latest expert to extol the vast potential of Ukrainian agriculture. Speaking to the FT, he said investment was the key.
So, why, 20 years after the country won independence from the Soviet Union, isn’t Ukraine doing more to realise this potential, double its harvests and grow rich from the exports?
Is it that Ukraine’s farmers somehow don’t understand that they need to modernise? No. Even if rural communities lack access to education and world-class equipment, the country has enough agricultural experts to know what to do.
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Financial Times: Undeveloped potential of Ukrainian farming
The world's largest agribusinesses have long recognized the potential of Ukraine
