Interest in pumpkins of Ukrainian selection has increased on the world market

Published 2024년 12월 6일

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Pumpkin cultivation in Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine, has the potential to grow due to the increasing global demand for pumpkin seeds. However, the war has affected the regions traditionally involved in pumpkin farming, leading to a decrease in cultivation areas and numbers of farms. Despite these challenges, farms in Izyaslav Oblast are seeing potential in pumpkin cultivation for its stable price, demand, and yield, particularly for the 'Turk' variety used for seed production. However, this year's harvest has been reduced due to heat conditions.

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There is considerable potential for growing pumpkins in Khmelnytskyi. In addition, recently, interest in pumpkin seeds has been growing all over the world. Oksana Serhienko, an expert advisor to the Institute of Vegetable and Melon Growing, told about this, Suspilne reports. According to her, interest in pumpkins of Ukrainian selection has increased on the world market - due to the rich chemical composition of the seeds. However, due to the war, the regions that used to grow pumpkins stopped cultivating this culture. "Many areas of Odesa and Zaporizhzhia regions are not used and all cultivation of melons, including pumpkins, is moving to the west. Forest-steppe, Forested pumpkin is doing well," she said. In Khmelnytskyi region, pumpkins are grown by two farms in the Shepetivskyi and Khmelnytskyi districts, said Wanda Serdyuk, head of the Department of Development of the Agro-Industrial Complex. And this is half as much as last year. Areas have also decreased several times. "In the ...

Source: Agrobusiness