MOSCOW, Dec. 7 - Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan's share of the world market for grain will rise to 30% over the next few years, Ignacio Peres, an economist with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development trade and agriculture division's food trade department, said at the International Grain Forum in Moscow on Wednesday.

That share is around 20% now.

"The role of Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan on the world grain market will be growing, and in the future their share could be around 30%," Peres said.