In an interview with Ghalat News, Yevhen Kravchenko stated that in the current situation, despite  many problems and challenges that Ukrainian farmers are dealing with, many of their fertile agricultural lands have also become minefields, and a large number of warehouses have been destroyed.  As a rule, a lot of time is spent on cleaning these fields, so we will probably witness a fall in products

 "Among the other factors that have directly caused a decrease in the production and negative growth of agricultural products is the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam by Russia, which was considered the most important agricultural irrigation system in the south of Ukraine, and this caused 1.5 million hectares of  Agricultural lands will be completely unusable, which will take approximately 5 to 7 years to restore the land". He added

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According to Kravchenko, currently Ukrainian experts predict that this year agricultural production will decrease by 6% compared to last year and will decrease from 53.1 million tons in the previous year to 46-49.6 million tons

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 Before the start of the war, we had extensive cooperation in this area with various countries, including Iran, and even in the past years, Ukraine and Iran had good and mutual experiences with promising prospects in this field; but now, according to the existing conditions and after Russia"s withdrawal from the grain agreement and its non-renewal, some countries, including Turkey, China, Arab countries and the United Nations, have announced their support for the resumption of this agreement, while unfortunately so far  No reaction has been shown in this case from Iran, so it is not possible to comment and review this matter at the moment. He said in connection with Ukraine"s cooperation with Iran in the field of extraterritorial cultivation.

Regarding the export of grain and other agricultural products of Ukraine, Kravchenko said: According to the available statistics, until the withdrawal of Russia from the grain agreement (July 17, 2023), Ukraine succeeded in the operation of the Black Sea Corridor and the implementation of the initiative of safe transportation of agricultural products through the Black Sea ,  994 ships with a capacity of about 33 million tons of agricultural products have been exported to 40 countries, of which 137 ships with a capacity of 3.79 million tons of agricultural products including wheat, corn, barley, oilseeds, Soy and sunflower were exported to African countries (Libya - Algeria - Egypt - Kenya - Sudan - Tunisia - Djibouti, Ethiopia - Somalia - Morocco), Yemen and Afghanistan.

The Charge d"affaires of Ukraine added that on November 26, 2022, an international food security summit was held in Kyiv with the participation of more than 30 countries and international organizations, during which more than 190 million dollars were collected from the participating countries for the supply of food December 2022 to March 2023;  6 ships with 170 thousand tons of wheat as humanitarian aid in the framework of the World Food Program of the International Organization to countries in need, including Ethiopia (90000 tons), Kenya (25000 tons), Somalia (25000 tons), Yemen (30,000 tons) , and of course, ships carrying agricultural products were supposed to be exported to other countries in need, especially Nigeria, which has now been postponed. Also, the United Nations is reviewing and expanding this program by including financing countries and the new importer namely Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Djibouti, Liberia, Mauritania and Lebanon

 Referring to the fact that Russia officially announced on July 17 that it has withdrawn from the grain agreement program, he stated: Earlier, at the time of the agreement, inspections were carried out carefully  for a relatively long time by Russia on ships carrying Ukrainian food and agriculture.

 he stated: Russia"s withdrawal from the agreement and the destruction of many Ukrainian ports and infrastructures, even the Danube ports, especially Reni near Romania and from  The loss of 180,000 tons of grain, of which 60,000 tons was only for sending to China, has jeopardized the food security of more than 400 million people who mainly depended on it in African and Asian countries  It is impossible to export Ukrainian grain through these crossings, and as a result, Ukraine will be excluded from the world markets for food supply.  Also, the world price of wheat suddenly increases by 6.5% after the destruction of Izmail port in Odessa region

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Expressing his hope for the replacement of the new route, Kravchenko said that according to the recent negotiations between Ukraine and Croatia, grain will be transported through the Croatian port

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 In conclusion, he pointed out that despite the continuous dangers and attacks during the days of war, Ukrainian farmers have used all their efforts to supply food and agricultural products and send them to the world markets.
However, according to analysts, since August 1st , due to the non-renewal of the grain agreement, grain exports from Ukraine have decreased by 40% this month compared to June.