AGRICULTURE OF UKRAINE DURING THE WAR: CHALLENGES AND CHANGES

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to identify the main changes in the agriculture of Ukraine caused by the war and to summarize the main lessons of this war for the agricultural industry. The research period focuses on the time of the full-scale war in Ukraine (2022-2024). At the same time, comparisons were made with the pre-war situation, what in combination with a dialectical approach to the study of socio-economic phenomena and with the methods of induction, deduction and scientific abstraction, synthesis and generalization made it possible to identify the main changes in the agriculture of Ukraine because of the war and as a response of the industry to the challenges, associated with the war. In the course of the research, the task of finding an estimate of the damage caused to the agrarian sector of the economy by the war was also carried out, in terms of their types. It was established that almost all producers of agricultural products suffered from the devastating consequences of the war in Ukraine, but the reaction of different groups of agricultural producers to challenges for agriculture was somewhat different due to the dual nature of Ukrainian agriculture and certain features of its main sectors. Nevertheless, the agro-food sector of the economy of Ukraine in the conditions of the war proved to be the most resistant to its negative impact, compared to other industries, and continues to fulfill its mission of providing the population with food and foreign currency income for the country from export activity.