Ukraine’s farmers fight on the front line of global food crisis

The country is a key producer of sunflower oil, wheat, corn and even honey, and the effects are being felt everywhere

24 April 2022 - 17:03 By Aine Quinn and Volodymyr Verbyany

Around this time of year, Yaroslav Andrushko would normally be overseeing the sowing of crops on his 1,000-hectare farm in the Vinnytsya region of central Ukraine...

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