At the Agro Innovation 2024 conference, Ihor Brykovets highlighted potential shortages of leguminous seeds and winter barley in Ukraine for the 2025 spring crop season. Issues are expected with chickpea and pea seeds, worsened by limited certified seeds and increased imports of peas from India. Currently, Odessa has no commercial barley to load into two ships, indicating a shortage. Despite farmer demand, the market is lacking early-ripening winter cereals with high baking qualities.