Ukraine has lost a quarter of its arable land due to the Russian occupation of certain regions, in the south and east, its agriculture ministry announced on Monday, without this however constituting "
a threat to food security
" of the country.
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Despite the loss of 25% of arable land, the structure of the crops sown this year is more than sufficient to ensure consumption
" of the Ukrainian population, said Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Taras Vysotskiï, during a conference Press.
