Facing fields full of mines and short of cash, many Ukrainian farmers are likely to sow a smaller area this spring than they did following Russia's invasion, in what could be a further blow to global food supplies after disruptions last year
"Almost all crops are making a loss at the moment," said Dmitry Skornyakov, CEO of HarvEast, a large agricultural producer.
Overall, the government expects spring plantings to fall only 5% from last year, underlining a more sanguine official assessment of potential losses. Ukraine was the world's fourth-largest corn exporter before Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022 and the biggest sunflower oil exporter., possibly cushioning the blow of lower Ukrainian production.
Vasyl Shtendera, 49, who farms in a Kherson area recaptured by Ukraine last year, doubts he will plant crops this spring."I have no moral right to send workers to fields as it is dangerous for life," he said, adding that there is no demining work happening there.
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