Editing Ukraine (section)

=== Agriculture ===
[[File:Spasiv Rivne Oblast Ukraine 4.jpg|thumb|Wheat crop in Spasiv village, Rivne Oblast, Ukraine.]]
Ukraine is among the world's top agricultural producers and exporters and is often described as the "bread basket of Europe". During the 2020/21 international wheat marketing season (July–June), it ranked as the sixth largest wheat exporter, accounting for nine percent of world wheat trade.<ref name=":02">{{Cite book |last=FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1291390883 |title=FOOD OUTLOOK – BIANNUAL REPORT ON GLOBAL FOOD MARKETS : november 2021. |date=2022 |publisher=FOOD & AGRICULTURE ORG |isbn=978-92-5-135248-9 |location=[S.l.] |oclc=1291390883}}</ref> The country is also a major global exporter of [[maize]], barley and rapeseed. In 2020/21, it accounted for 12 percent of global trade in [[maize]] and [[barley]] and for 14 percent of world [[rapeseed]] exports. Its trade share is even greater in the sunflower oil sector, with the country accounting for about 50 percent of world exports in 2020/2021.<ref name=":02"/>

According to the [[Food and Agriculture Organization|Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations]] (FAO), further to causing the loss of lives and increasing humanitarian needs, the likely disruptions caused by the [[Russo-Ukrainian War]] to Ukraine's grain and oilseed sectors, could jeopardise the food security of many countries, especially those that are highly dependent on Ukraine and Russia for their food and fertiliser imports.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FAO Information Note: The importance of Ukraine and the Russian Federation for global agricultural markets and the risks associated with the current conflict, 25 March 2022 Update |url=https://www.fao.org/3/cb9236en/cb9236en.pdf |website=Food and Agriculture Organization}}</ref> Several of these countries fall into the [[Least developed countries|Least Developed Country]] (LDC) group, while many others belong to the group of [[Low-Income Food-Deficit Countries]] (LIFDCs).<ref>{{Cite web |title=LDCs at a Glance {{!}} Department of Economic and Social Affairs |url=https://www.un.org/development/desa/dpad/least-developed-country-category/ldcs-at-a-glance.html |access-date=2022-04-15 |website=un.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FAO Country Profiles |url=https://www.fao.org/countryprofiles/lifdc/en/ |access-date=2022-04-15 |website=fao.org |language=en}}</ref> For example [[Eritrea]] sourced 47 percent of its wheat imports in 2021 from Ukraine. Overall, more than 30 nations depend on Ukraine and the Russian Federation for over 30 percent of their wheat import needs, many of them in North Africa and Western and Central Asia.<ref name=":02"/>