Buckwheat is a strategic crop, but the areas planted with it have decreased, and the quality of the harvest has declined.

Buckwheat production in Ukraine is currently in a state of stagnation—only 70 thousand hectares were harvested (last year, it was 90 thousand hectares), and the quality of some of the grain is not the best. At the same time, the crop itself is of strategic importance: it is profitable, environmentally friendly, does not accumulate radionuclides, and can be a source of protein during crisis periods. This is reported by UkrAgroConsult, noting that domestic farmers do not have sufficient economic incentives to grow buckwheat, and there is no state support. "Buckwheat is a superfood. However, consumption in Ukraine is currently critically low—only about 3 kg per person per year against a norm of 6.8 kg," said Serhiy Hromoviy, executive director of the International Buckwheat Association. This year, weather conditions also did not favor the harvest—hot summer and excessive autumn moisture reduced the yield to 1.3 t/ha. The main producing regions became Zhytomyr and Khmelnytskyi ...