Ukraine’s other fight: Growing food for itself and the world


              The home of Maria and her husband Roman Pavlovych, who lost their 25-year-old soldier son, also named Roman, in the besieged city of Mariupol, in front of their home, in Hordynia village, western Ukraine, Friday, March 25, 2022. Over a week ago, the family learned Roman, had been killed near the besieged city of Mariupol. The father, also named Roman, will soon leave for the war himself. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
            
              Maria and her husband Roman Pavlovych, remember their 25-year-old soldier son, also named Roman, who was killed near the besieged city of Mariupol, in front of their home, in Hordynia village, western Ukraine, Friday, March 25, 2022. Over a week ago, the family learned Roman, had been killed near the besieged city of Mariupol. The father, also named Roman, will soon leave for the war himself. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
            
              The home of Ivan Kilgan, head of the regional agricultural association village, in Luky village, western Ukraine, Friday, March 25, 2022. The northwestern Lviv region near the border with Poland, far from the heart of what is known as Ukraine's breadbasket in the south, is being asked to plant all the available fields it can, said Kilgan. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
            
              Workers plow wheat on the land belonging to Vasyl Pidhaniak, in Husakiv village, western Ukraine, Saturday, March 26, 2022. Planting season has arrived in Ukraine. Ukraine and Russia account for a third of global wheat and barley exports, leaving millions across North Africa, the Middle East and parts of Asia facing the potential loss of access to the affordable supplies they need for bread and noodles. The war has raised the specter of food shortages and political instability in countries reliant on Ukrainian wheat, including Indonesia, Egypt, Yemen and Lebanon. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
            
              A wheat warehouse belonging to Ivan Kilgan, head of the regional agricultural association village, in Luky village, western Ukraine, Friday, March 25, 2022. The northwestern Lviv region near the border with Poland, far from the heart of what is known as Ukraine's breadbasket in the south, is being asked to plant all the available fields it can, said Kilgan. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
            
              Ivan Kilgan, head of the regional agricultural association village, shows his fields of wheat, in Luky village, western Ukraine, Friday, March 25, 2022. The northwestern Lviv region near the border with Poland, far from the heart of what is known as Ukraine's breadbasket in the south, is being asked to plant all the available fields it can, said Kilgan. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
            
              A chapel on a road in Lviv, western Ukraine, Saturday, March 26, 2022. Planting season has arrived in Ukraine. Boot marks stamped in the frozen earth have thawed. But the Pavlovych family's fields remain untouched in a lonely landscape of checkpoints and churches. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
            
              Maria and her husband Roman Pavlovych, remember their 25-year-old soldier son, also named Roman, who was killed near the besieged city of Mariupol, in his bedroom, in Hordynia village, western Ukraine, Friday, March 25, 2022. Over a week ago, the family learned Roman, had been killed near the besieged city of Mariupol. The father, also named Roman, will soon leave for the war himself. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
            
              The grave of 25-year-old soldier, Roman Pavlovych, who was killed near the besieged city of Mariupol, at a cemetery in Hordynia village, western Ukraine, Friday, March 25, 2022. The Pavlovych family knows a second front line in Russia's war runs through the farmland here in western Ukraine, far from the daily resistance against the invasion. It is an uphill battle for farmers to feed not only their country but the world. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
            
              Maria Pavlovych weeps as she remembers her 25-year-old soldier son, Roman Pavlovych, who was killed near the besieged city of Mariupol, in his bedroom, in Hordynia village, western Ukraine, Friday, March 25, 2022. The Pavlovych family knows a second front line in Russia's war runs through the farmland here in western Ukraine, far from the daily resistance against the invasion. It is an uphill battle for farmers to feed not only their country but the world. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
            
              Maria Pavlovych weeps as she remembers her 25-year-old soldier son, Roman Pavlovych, who was killed near the besieged city of Mariupol, in his bedroom, in Hordynia village, western Ukraine, Friday, March 25, 2022. The Pavlovych family knows a second front line in Russia's war runs through the farmland here in western Ukraine, far from the daily resistance against the invasion. It is an uphill battle for farmers to feed not only their country but the world. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
            
              A photograph of 25-year-old soldier, Roman Pavlovych, who was killed near the besieged city of Mariupol, in his bedroom, in Hordynia village, western Ukraine, Friday, March 25, 2022. In his village, Pavlovych was the first to die. His parents don't know how it happened. The first hint that something had gone terribly wrong was the arrival of their son's belongings by mail. Thirty minutes later, someone called about his death, his mother said. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
            
              Maria and her husband Roman Pavlovych remember their 25-year-old soldier son, also named Roman, who was killed near the besieged city of Mariupol, in their front-yard in their home, in Hordynia village, western Ukraine, Friday, March 25, 2022. Over a week ago, the family learned Roman, had been killed near the besieged city of Mariupol. The father, also named Roman, will soon leave for the war himself. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
            
              The cemetery where 25-year-old soldier, Roman Pavlovych, is buried after being killed near the besieged city of Mariupol, in Hordynia village, western Ukraine, Friday, March 25, 2022. The Pavlovych family knows a second front line in Russia's war runs through the farmland here in western Ukraine, far from the daily resistance against the invasion. It is an uphill battle for farmers to feed not only their country but the world. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
            
              Maria Pavlovych weeps as she remembers her 25-year-old soldier son, Roman Pavlovych, who was killed near the besieged city of Mariupol, in his bedroom, in Hordynia village, western Ukraine, Friday, March 25, 2022. The Pavlovych family knows a second front line in Russia's war runs through the farmland here in western Ukraine, far from the daily resistance against the invasion. It is an uphill battle for farmers to feed not only their country but the world. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
Ukraine’s other fight: Growing food for itself and the world