The popularity of amaranth is growing in Ukraine but supply is not keeping up with demand

The demand for amaranth grows every year and currently the supply does not keep up with the requests coming from European countries. Oleksandr Duda, head of the NGO "Association of Amaranth and Amaranth Products Producers" said this in the article: "Is it worth growing amaranth? Export price €1050-1250/t” on SuperAgronom.com. According to Oleksandr Duda, the reason for the growing popularity of amaranth is the consistently high purchase price. Currently, the price of amaranth is UAH 25,000/t for conventional seeds and UAH 45,000-50,000/t for organic seeds. And also — the moderate cost of cultivation (6,000-15,000 hryvnias/ha). We will remind, in the spring of this year it was reported that the demand for Ukrainian amaranth seeds is growing in Europe. He added that amaranth has become very popular over the past 2-3 years, which is primarily due to consumers' awareness of the nutritional, preventive and medicinal value of amaranth. "It's a pity that logistical problems do not allow ...