Impact of the Russian Invasion on Ukrainian Farmers' Productivity, Rural Welfare, and Food Security / Klaus Deininger, Daniel Ayalew Ali, Ming Fang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Deininger, Klaus, author.

Ali, Daniel Ayalew, author.

Fang, Ming, author.

Series:

Policy research working papers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food security.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (39 pages).

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2023.

Summary:

Data from 2,251 small and medium-size farms for 2021 and 2022 show that area reductions in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine remained limited. However, worsening terms of trade reduced farm profitability, implying that 46 percent of farms had a negative cash flow and 54 percent (67 percent in the 50-120 hectare group) were credit constrained in 2022, implying that longer term effects may be more adverse. Total factor productivity varies significantly across size groups but is not significantly different between formal and informal farms in the same size group. This suggests that limited transferability of land use rights that are disproportionately used by smaller farms may be one reason for low productivity. Improving transferability of land, digital access to markets, and mortgage lending could thus trigger investment and growth in higher value products by small and medium-size farms to solidify Ukraine's comparative advantage in agriculture and improve rural living conditions in the context of reconstruction.

Notes:

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Publisher Number:

10.1596/1813-9450-10464