Ukraine’s agriculture minister resigned on Thursday, citing health reasons, a month after Russia launched a war that forced one of the world’s biggest grain producers to stop exporting some agricultural products.
In an Internet message, Roman Leshchenko said a serious health condition required him to step down. He said he was withdrawing “with a heavy heart but sincere faith in Ukraine’s restored Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food”.
Ukraine’s parliament announced that lawmakers voted to approve the appointment of senior lawmaker Mykola Solskyi as his replacement.
Solskyi is widely seen as a key figure behind the reforms that opened up Ukraine’s land market last year, lifting a long-standing ban on the sale of farmland.
The reform was planned by President Volodymr Zelenskiy to open up investment opportunities in the agricultural sector, although the invasion of Russia could drastically reduce the 2022 harvest and exports in the 2022/23 season.
Source: CNN Brasil
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