Experts named an alternative to growing sunflowers and corn in southern Ukraine

Due to insufficient rainfall in southern Ukraine, farmers are advised to replace corn and sunflowers, which often dry out here, with almond plantations. This was stated by the Vice President of the Ukrainian Nut Association Vasyl Babansky in the article "Everyone who is interested in growing almonds - people under 35" on Kurkul.com. "For example, over the past 20 years, the profitability of grain production in the Odessa region has decreased significantly. If 20 years ago it was about 48-50%, today it is 20-22%, and in some years we almost completely lose the grain harvest, ”says Vasyl Babansky. In this regard, the Nut Association, together with climatologists, soil scientists, microbiologists, has developed a number of promising alternative directions for the development of agribusiness, one of which is almond growing. "Production and development of almond orchards in the South of Ukraine has its justification. One of the root causes is economic. Today, unfortunately, the ...