Media: due to the fall of the best arable land in Ukraine buy in large volumes citizens of foreign countries

The German Federal government, responding to a request Left party in Germany about the country's interests in the possession of the Ukrainian land, was informed that the large national and international corporations and agroholdings buy large volumes of the best arable land in Ukraine, writes.

in a statement, the German politicians said that while the fall in Ukraine there is a transfer of land to the oligarchs and Western companies.

"in the shadow falling on Ukraine is the transfer of land to the Ukrainian oligarchs, foreign agricultural companies and other countries. In the past, Ukraine was considered the breadbasket of the USSR due to the large number of fertile topsoil. In Ukraine 32 million hectares of fertile land, which is 2 times higher than in Germany. Now Ukrainian and foreign agricultural holdings have half of the agricultural lands of Ukraine ", - said in a statement.

Officials also stressed that organizations specializing in seed production are of great interest to the Ukrainian lands.

"Ukraine is a promising market for companies producing seeds, such as Monsanto and DuPont. Last year, Monsanto has invested 140 million in the development of future products, " informs the government.

in addition, due to the increased EU demand for biofuels over the past 10 years agrokonzern actively expanded canola crops in Ukraine. At the same time 90% of the crop was exported to the European Union.


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