KYIV, Aug 24 – Despite a 20% reduction in production area where crops are grown due to the occupation of a number of regions, favorable weather conditions will allow farmers to harvest and export wheat in the 2023/24 marketing year (MY) no less than last season, Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Mykola Solsky said on the air of the United News marathon.

"The transitional balances of agricultural crops in 2023 are approximately five times less than in the 2022 season, when, as of mid-summer, there were 27 million tonnes of agricultural products in the country. On average, agriculture from the moment when the grain corridor started to work normally brought (in the state budget) approximately $2 billion monthly," he said.