MALA DIVYTSA (Ukraine) (AFP) – Oleksandr Verzhykhovskiy slips a crisp stalk of wheat through his fingers and surveys the sun-drenched fields that once made war-torn Ukraine the “breadbasket of Europe” — and now embody its economic hopes.”This is a treasure — if you know how to treat it right,” the 29-year-old chief executive of the AgroKIM agriculture company said with a listful air.But the three brand new combines working these fields about 100 kilometres (60 miles) north of Kiev are integral elements in the maddening state of affairs the crisis-wracked ex-Soviet state faces.Verzhykhovskiy’s booming crop holds the promise of Ukraine …read more
Source: Business Insider
