Canada is sending seeds to Ukraine, including fast-growing buckwheat, to help out with a food crisis sparked by the Russian invasion, says Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau.
Ukraine, like Canada, is one of the world's biggest exporters of wheat and supplies many countries in Africa, Asia and the Middle East, as well as the UN World Food Program.
Bibeau said Canadian farmers "want to step up" to help alleviate the world food shortage stemming from the invasion. "If we compare it to last year, which was a very bad year because of the drought, we hope to have about 44 per cent more production this year," Bibeau said. She said Ukrainian farming families fleeing to Canada would be welcome in its agricultural sector, which has many similarities to Ukraine's.
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