Ukraine: NAAS told how this year's weather conditions affected rice and vegetable crops

Published 2021년 6월 24일

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The article highlights the impact of excessive rainfall in Ukraine's Kherson region, which has been favorable for rice cultivation despite the challenges it poses to other crops. Despite the weather conditions, the Rice Institute's experimental farm has seen good results, with rice plantations showing promise, albeit vulnerable to future rains in August. The article also discusses the struggle of local farmers with low prices for rice, which fail to cover production costs and hinder infrastructure development. Currently, imported rice, sold at dumped prices and with preferential customs rates, dominates the Ukrainian market, negatively impacting local production. Nonetheless, the Institute is using this challenge to develop new rice varieties and hybrids that can better adapt to the region's climate, which is increasingly similar to Southeast Asian conditions.
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Unprecedented intensity of downpours in the arid south, in particular in the Kherson region, this year was caused not only by grain crops, but also by vegetables - tomatoes, sweet peppers, eggplants and potatoes. The Voice of Ukraine writes about this. Examining the demonstration plots of the experimental farm of the Rice Institute, farmers and scientists summarize that the crops are in good condition. "Against this disappointing background, rice plantations look better: they were sown in May, and the plants are only 10-15 cm long, so right now they are not threatened. They are vulnerable to this phenomenon in August, but such rains are not forecast for that period. Is it over? Yes, but not without other difficulties connected with weather vicissitudes ", - the director of research economy of Institute of rice of NAAS of Ukraine (Skadovsky area), the candidate of economic sciences Valentina Umanskaya tells. According to her, sunny days in this atypical June are so rare that you ...
Source: Superagronom

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