Ukraine as a guarantor of world food security: Challenges on the way to restoring agricultural production potential

The main objective of this study was to analyse the challenges facing Ukraine in the process of trying to preserve and restore its agricultural production potential, which has been significantly destroyed as a result of hostilities on the territory of the state. The study used bibliometric analysis (using Google Scholar, Scopus Preview and the Bibliometrix package), system-structural analysis and synthesis, as well as historical, dialectical, graphical and descriptive-statistical methods. The study demonstrated that despite the destruction of agricultural production potential, Ukraine remains an important supplier of agricultural products to many import-dependent regions of the world. The article emphasised that world food markets continue to remain unstable, which is confirmed by the Food Price Index, which reached 127. 8 points in 2025, demonstrating the vulnerability of food systems to geopolitical shocks. According to experts, as of the first half of 2026, the total losses from the destruction of the Ukrainian economy as a result of the war may reach 589 billion, of which about 72 billion will fall on agriculture. It was determined that in the structure of indirect losses of the agricultural sector of Ukraine as a result of the war, the factors that had the greatest impact were the reduction in production productivity, the decline in product prices due to the disruption of exports, and the increase in production costs. It was noted that the potential costs of reconstructing the agricultural sector of Ukraine in the period from 2025 to 2035 could exceed 55 billion, and the costs of demining could reach almost 30 billion. It was established that exports of Ukrainian agricultural products to the EU reached almost 12. 8 billion in 2024, which demonstrates the resilience of the agricultural sector of Ukraine and the deepening of integration into European markets. The practical value of the study lies in a comprehensive assessment of Ukraine’s agrarian losses caused by the war, an analysis of their global consequences, and the identification of strategic recovery measures