In Ukraine, the sown area under mustard has almost halved

However, in 2020 the sown area under mustard was reduced by almost 2 times: from 49.6 to 25.2 thousand hectares, which, in turn, led to a significant reduction in production. According to Svitlana Lytvyn, an analyst at the Ukrainian Agrarian Business Club, the reason was a combination of factors. Mustard is a moisture-loving crop, and in the spring of 2020 in the south of Ukraine (the main region for its cultivation) there was a drought. Some growers were forced to cut crops under mustard in order not to suffer significant financial losses, "the expert added. In 2018-2019, the share of mustard seed exports in its production was only 50%, although before that this figure was really higher. The main reasons for the decline in the share of exports from production were the increase in supply of mustard seed by Ukrainian producers and a more aggressive pricing policy by the main competitors in the world market: India and the Russian Federation. In 2020, the share of mustard seed ...