2026-06-28http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/348347The natural conditions in Ukraine are fundamentally favourable to agriculture. Over half the land area of the Ukraine, which is one of the largest countries in Europe, has fertile black earth soils. However, following the independence of Ukraine in 1991 there was a several financial crisis in agriculture. Production fell, fertilizer use declined several-fold. The quality of the land deteriorated as the nutrient balances became negative and erosion and other forms of soil degradation occ urred.69application/pdftext/htmlFAOBook (stand-alone)