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Ukraine will need several years to restore farm output, minister says

5/17/2022

Photo credit: Getty Images, George Mdivanian

GENEVA, May 17 (Reuters) - Ukraine will need several years to restore agricultural production due to war damage, Deputy Economy Minister Taras Kachka told the GrainCom conference in Geneva on Tuesday.

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Farming activities stalled after Russia invaded in February and infrastructure has been damaged in parts of Ukraine, one of the world's leading exporters of grain and oilseed.

(Reporting by Gus Trompiz; Writing by Sybille de La Hamaide; Editing by Edmund Blair)

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