Ukraine is home to a quarter of the global černozëm, a hyper fertile soil that guarantees high yields. Photo: Jackie Riceman Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)

War and climate change threaten Ukraine’s ‘magic’ soil

Standing behind Ukraine’s legendary agricultural wealth is the černozëm, an exceptionally fertile soil covering two-thirds of the country’s arable land. But war and climate change are undermining the crops

Re Soil Foundation