Cotton in Ukraine: the first crop has been harvested

Published 2024년 10월 23일

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The article reports on the completion of the first cotton crop harvest in Ukraine, with the planting done across eight farms and one research plot in Odesa, using 110 kg of seeds over 5 hectares. The crop included five varieties from the US, Germany, and Turkey. The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine is planning to implement financing programs for farmers to expand cotton cultivation, which is crucial for the production of nitrocellulose, a key component in gunpowder, with Ukraine requiring 10,000 tons of this. The ministry aims to expand cotton sowing from the current 5 hectares to 30,000 hectares and has applied for state support of 300 million UAH in the 2025 budget to aid farmers in cotton cultivation.

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In Ukraine, the harvesting of the first crop of cotton, which was planted in Odesa this spring in eight farms and one research plot of the Ukrainian Institute of Plant Varieties Examination on an area of 0.2 to 0.5 hectares, is being completed. This was reported by the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine. Farmers received 110 kg of cotton seeds, which were sown on 5 hectares. In total, five varieties of cotton were brought to Ukraine: two from the USA, two from Germany, and one from Turkey. The Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Vitaliy Koval noted that the Ministry of Agrarian Policy plans to launch financing programs for farmers who will take up this matter. Cotton has a special value in wartime, because cotton is the main ingredient for the production of nitrocellulose, which is used in the war industry to make gunpowder. Ukraine's need for nitrocellulose is estimated at 10,000 tons. For this, it is necessary to sow 30,000 hectares, or twice as much if ...

Source: Agropolit