{"id":3699,"date":"2010-06-06T14:51:34","date_gmt":"2010-06-06T14:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zmetro.com\/?p=3699"},"modified":"2010-06-06T14:51:34","modified_gmt":"2010-06-06T14:51:34","slug":"ukraine_agricul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/?p=3699","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine Agriculture: Investment climate will determine yield"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/news\/url?sa=t&#038;ct2=us%2F0_0_s_0_0_t&#038;ct3=MAA4AEgAUABqAnVz&#038;usg=AFQjCNHQ7wR_DXoXoFMETG7BdjUUAWQ2xg&#038;cid=0&#038;ei=efsLTJmzFpbEMcWy4gs&#038;rt=SEARCH&#038;vm=STANDARD&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2Fef5af810-6d95-11df-b5c9-00144feabdc0.html\"><\/a>: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Amid all the doom and gloom, one sector in the country\u2019s economy has a bright future and promises high yields.<Br><Br><br \/>\nDespite a deep recession that sent gross domestic product plunging 15 per cent last year, some budding domestic agribusinesses reported double-digit growth.<Br><Br><br \/>\nAgriculture was one of the few economic sectors to grow, albeit a small 0.2 per cent rise.<Br><Br><br \/>\nBut to see the real potential, one must look further ahead. Global demand for food is expected to surge in coming decades. And Ukraine is well positioned to benefit.<Br><Br><br \/>\nWith its rich black soil, favourable climate and proximity to markets, experts say the country could go far beyond regaining its position as the breadbasket of Europe.<Br><Br><br \/>\n\u201cUkraine is already among the top five grain exporters in the world,\u201d says Andriy Yarmak, an agribusiness expert. \u201cWith investment, it could double its recent annual harvests and \u201cbecome one of the top exporters of meat in about 10-15 years\u201d.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>: Amid all the doom and gloom, one sector in the country\u2019s economy has a bright future and promises high yields. Despite a deep recession that sent gross domestic product plunging 15 per cent last year, some budding domestic agribusinesses reported double-digit growth. Agriculture was one of the few economic sectors to grow, albeit a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,21,39,32,9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3699"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3699\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}