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Business Daily: War in Ukraine: Farmers and workers struggle on

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War in Ukraine: Farmers and workers struggle on

25/08/2022 GMT

BBC World Service - Business Daily, War in Ukraine: Farmers and workers struggle on

We find out how the Russian invasion has devastated European agriculture.

We find out how the Russian invasion has devastated agriculture in Ukraine and beyond.

Six months into the war in Ukraine, the impact continues to be felt around the world.  Frey Lindsay explores how disruptive the war has been for agriculture across Europe.
Researcher Roxana Barbalescu explains just how vital Ukrainian workers are to the farmers and producers of Western Europe, and the problems their absence is creating this season. We hear from farmers in Poland and the UK on the economic, and emotional, impact of their former colleagues taking up arms to defend their country.
At the same time, the war has had a major impact on Ukraine’s own agricultural production and exports. Markiyan Dmytrasevych, Ukraine’s deputy agriculture minister, tells Frey what the government are doing to try and keep Ukrainian farmers afloat. And we hear from Lubomyr, a former seasonal worker who is back in Ukraine and has his own unique plan for helping to sustain agriculture in his country.
Presenter & producer Frey Lindsay
Additional production by Magdalena Jaroszewicz in Poland
(Picture: A grain harvester in the Kyiv region of Ukraine. Picture credit: Getty images)

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