Miller Magazine Issue: 150 June 2022

88 ARTICLE MILLER / JUNE 2022 Moreover, on our initiative, new checkpoints, new terminals, and new facilities at the western border are now being opened from the wheels to increase these exports. We want to fulfill all our commitments to our partners, which have been formed in recent years and which we have never failed. WAYS TO UNLOCK EXPORTS Military convoys, which are often used in international practice, can be one of the options for resuming grain exports through Ukrainian seaports. Yes, the military is escorting cargo to the shores of Somalia, where there is a high risk of piracy, and to North Korea. Another factor is to provide Ukraine with a sufficient number of an- ti-ship weapons that can be deployed here and guarantee a rebuff to the Russian navy. The Government of Ukraine continues active negotia- tions with international partners on the export of Ukrainian grain by sea. The topic of ensuring international food security, which cannot be implemented without the export of agricultural products from Ukraine, is discussed daily. We do this with international organizations, such as the United Nations, as well as directly with the EU, Britain, and the United States, with countries that import our grain. Everyone has al- ready understood that there are literally a few weeks to unlock ports, including by military means, and resume exports. Because although there are alternatives that allow you to export, but it is a small amount compared to ports. FOOD SECURITY OF UKRAINE National food security is under the full control of the government. Last year, we ended with a record harvest of cereals, legumes and oil- seeds in the amount of 106 million tons. Farmers harvested 86 million tons of cereals and legumes and 22.6 million tons of oilseeds. In 2020, 83.8 million tons of major crops were harvested in Ukraine from an area of 24.1 million hectares. In particular, 65.4 million tons of grain and le- gumes were threshed from an area of 15.3 million hectares. According to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine for 2021, the index of agricultur- al products compared to the same period last year amounted to 114.4%. At the end of the marketing year 2021/2022, Ukraine can potentially reach the balances of stocks: wheat - 5.6 million tons, corn - 6.7 million tons, buckwheat - 11 thousand tons, millet - 48 thousand tons, oats - 176 thousand. tons, sugar - 520 thousand tons. We are fully provided for our domestic needs with milk and dairy products, cereals, legumes and oils, eggs, meat and meat products. We will remind, on the average in 2021 the country at the expense of own production Ukraine satisfied need of the internal market: • In milk and dairy products by 99.1%, • Meat and meat products - by 110.1%, • Grains - by 323.3%, • Eggs - by 125%, • Fruits, berries and grapes - by 75.9%, • Vegetables - 104.6%, • SunOils - we consume 7% of total production. In Ukraine today, there are a total of about 25 million tons of grain and oilseeds. If we talk about the temporarily occupied territories, there were about 1 million 300 thousand tons of grain left at the time of the occupation. In terms of providing food for all 40 million Ukrainians, we have enough reserves in the controlled area. If you compare the areas that are currently temporarily unavailable in these areas, it turns out about minus 30%. And to provide food for all 40 million Ukrainians, the required sown area is about 35%. That is, we