ASSESSMENT OF THE RESTORATION’S PROSPECTS AND ANALYSIS OF KEY NEEDS OF SMALL AND MIDDLE AGRIBUSINESS IN UKRAINE on the basis of focus groups and deep interviews

Russia's invasion of Ukraine boosts global food crisis. In 2021 the cost of food has increased by 40% globally, so the Russian-Ukrainian war will only worsen the situation. According to experts, Ukraine will lose from 20% to 60% of the harvest. Report was elaborated based on the deep interview with small farmers, profile experts and representatives of local authorities in Ukraine and it summarizes the most typical challenges of agriculture field representatives with the purpose of reducing the negative costs of the war on the food security of Ukraine and in the world. Along the research we conducted 11 focus group studies and 33 deep semi-structured interviews with small and medium-sized farmers, experts, and representatives of local authorities (both in regions that were directly affected by hostilities and in conditionally safe regions).