A promising wild plant for export was discovered in Ukraine

Elderberry are becoming more and more popular in the berry market of Ukraine. It is frozen and exported. This was told by the farmer Roman Potapov in the TSN plot. As noted, the coronavirus pandemic has increased the demand for elderberries in the international market due to the high content of vitamin C. Ukrainian farms reacted to the trend and exported 7.5 thousand tons of berries last year. The main buyers are Japan and the EU countries. Now the elder in Ukraine is predominantly a wild plant, the fruits of which are collected by the population. They give about 9 UAH / kg. “There are a lot of ravines, slopes, lands in Ukraine that are inaccessible for agricultural machinery. These plots are quite suitable for growing elderberries, ”says Roman Potapov, who has been purchasing elderberries in the Chernihiv region for the second year in a row. Now he is looking for investors to build an elderberry processing plant. If the price of the product remains high, ...