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Occupation, to present day problems with reconstruction and the taliban. >> if you read a book you can put it down. if you read a newspaper you can turn the page. if you see some television you can switch channels. with a play, youre stuck there for some time. in this case, for a whole day. >> reporter: when britains chief of defense staff came to see the performance, he was so struck by what he learned, he said, he wished he come to see it before he was first deployed to afghanistan in 2005, sa...

Cnns taking you to a new country each month. highlighting the innovation thats changing the world. people and ideas that are influencing business, industry and culture. we call it our i-list. this week we are in ukraine. its been called the bread baskets of europe, thanks to its rich black soil. but there is a lot more to ukraine than bread. cnns diana magna gives us this report on chicken from kiev. >> reporter: it looks a bit like a wintry version of chicken run. but for these chicks, its a on...

Facilities. >> this little chick is just a day old. it was brought from the hatchery nearby yesterday. its going to spend the next 42 to 45 days here, eating sunflower cake and grain that the company produces in the fields near here, and then unfortunately, hell go to the slaughter house. producing in the neighboring fields reduces costs. they dont believe in outsourcing. the 300,000 hectors of farming land all over ukraine, he has the space to produce whatever he wants and other meat products f...

From 38 to 50 million tons of grain and we can double that production just by introducing modern technologies and that, of course, makes our market very attractive. >> reporter: mhp is a home-grown company making the most of ukraines fertile soil to keep its costs low. there are around 1500 foreign investors operating in the agricultural sector and the countrys promising significant reforms to make the investment climate more attractive. ukraine knows that at a time of global food shortages it h...

Taking their latest show to the pentagon. nic robertson takes a look at the play that could end up saving lives. >> you come from a very small country to stop you and your neighbors for being at each others throats. >> reporter: what can the pentagon learn from these british actors? maybe enough to save lives in afghanistan. >> you are putting yourself in someone elses boots, youre empathizing, youre sympathizing with people. youre thinking, what you would do in their situation. >> reporter: nic...

Raise capital for further expansion. its paid off. in a december survey by the kiev post he was listed as ukraines eight ath richest man alongside headlines heralding the rise of the agriculture baron. >> translator: in order to be successful you have to have hundreds of thousands of hectors of land, the right people to manage the processes like we do, and you have to have the strength to invest a lot of money into projects because investment and our management style is very untypical. >> report...