Agriculture committee  [Witness spoke in Ukrainian, interpreted as follows:] Thank you, distinguished Chair. Thank you, committee members, and thank you to the entire Canadian people.

Agriculture committee  [Witness spoke in Ukrainian, interpreted as follows:] Yes. I can see that you know this particular area of Ukraine, and yes, agricultural production is very widespread there. This area is under occupation now, and because of that, we feel the lack of early vegetables and fruits.

Agriculture committee  [Witness spoke in Ukrainian, interpreted as follows:] Indeed, we are very proud of our Ukrainian farmers. They haven't given up. They're working hard every day. Seventy-five per cent of the lands have been planted and they're being laboured on. We see that they're sometimes work

Agriculture committee  [Witness spoke in Ukrainian, interpreted as follows:] If you're talking about basic food supplies, they're fine. They have enough grains stored from last year's harvest, when this territory was still ours and not under occupation. It was sown last year, so they will be able to

Agriculture committee  [Witness spoke in Ukrainian, interpreted as follows:] I can only tell you my personal opinion. It's obvious that every country now, every person in the world, even if they live very far from our region, is paying for this war because they have to pay more for food products. I th

Agriculture committee  [Witness spoke in Ukrainian, interpreted as follows:] Yes, of course. What we see in our agricultural sector in Ukraine, if we look at the number of people employed in agriculture and compare it with the area of agricultural land, we have very few people. There are not enough

Agriculture committee  I'm sorry; can I ask for a translator?

Agriculture committee  [Witness spoke in Ukrainian] Please continue.

Agriculture committee  [Witness spoke in Ukrainian, interpreted as follows:] Thank you. Maybe it's not very specific, but the most efficient resolution of the situation in the agriculture sector of Ukraine is to bring this war to an end. We see that Russia doesn't want to do that and we are forced,

Agriculture committee  [Witness spoke in Ukrainian, interpreted as follows:] Sometimes the situation is critical. If we do keep this grain even in temporary storage facilities, we understand that, depending on the type of grain, we would have only a year, or two at the most. We hope to use this time

Agriculture committee  [Witness spoke in Ukrainian, interpreted as follows:] Distinguished committee member, when we were speaking with an FAO representative a month ago, here's what we said. If we're talking about wheat in Ukraine, we're talking about three harvests simultaneously, because we're una

Agriculture committee  [Witness spoke in Ukrainian, interpreted as follows:] They are obviously in very difficult conditions. The areas where they live are under occupation. The main issues that Ukrainian farmers encounter in the occupied territories are the following. The occupation forces ask the

Agriculture committee  [Witness spoke in Ukrainian, interpreted as follows:] Last year the total harvest in Ukraine was approximately 115 million tonnes. This year we're expecting—if the weather co-operates, in addition to the war—about 60 million tonnes of harvest. About 35-plus million tonnes will n

Agriculture committee  [Witness spoke in Ukrainian, interpreted as follows:] Thank you, distinguished colleague. The grain that is being taken out of Ukraine is wheat. We have in these regions large storage of wheat. We see that about 500,000 to 600,000 tonnes has already been taken out of the countr

Agriculture committee  [Witness spoke in Ukrainian, interpreted as follows:] Negotiations are currently taking place between the United Nations and Russia. Turkey is also partaking in these discussions. They're talking about how to open Ukrainian ports and lift the blockade. We've directed our proposa