{"id":226,"date":"2022-05-04T04:43:04","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T04:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-2022-dyer\/?p=226"},"modified":"2022-05-15T23:59:29","modified_gmt":"2022-05-15T23:59:29","slug":"a-short-departure-farmers-and-the-invasion-of-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-2022-dyer\/a-short-departure-farmers-and-the-invasion-of-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"A Short Departure: Farmers and the Invasion of Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\u201cThe Ukranian Family\u201d by Marc Chagall
Chagall was from Vitebsk, Belarus, and painted this heartbreaking piece in the early 1940s to show the horrors of war. Notice the farm animals and trees in the painting, wreathed in waves of flame; many of Chagall\u2019s works feature semi-pastoral, shtetl themes like animal husbandry and subsistence farming.

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Russia\u2019s announced war aim of conquering Ukraine\u2019s eastern regions and southern shores is hardly coincidental. These regions\u2014including Ukraine\u2019s section of the Black Sea, now mainly controlled by Russia\u2014account for about half of Ukraine\u2019s conventional oil, 72 percent of its natural gas, almost its entire coal production and reserves. (Reuters). The bulk of their critical minerals and rare earth metals are likewise found in Donetsk and other parts of Ukraine either occupied or threatened by Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A number of crucial agricultural crops feeding global markets\u2014including wheat, corn, barley, and sunflower oil\u2014are harvested in eastern and southeastern Ukraine. The war has not only disrupted the production of these resources, but it has also shut down the supply of vital inputs, blocked export routes, and made future investment uncertain. Consider the map below, which shows areas of Russian military control in Ukraine, and compare them with the agricultural maps below. Notice the number of high production areas that are occupied or threatened by Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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