Areas under vegetables in Ukraine are traditionally low compared to cereals and oilseeds and annually amount to about 0.5 million hectares in open ground. However, in the middle of the "vegetable wedge" every year, producers prefer those crops on which they earned well in the previous season. Recently, the climate factor has been added to the argument of profitability in the choice of vegetable crops for cultivation.
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Areas under vegetables in Ukraine are traditionally low compared to cereals and oilseeds and annually amount to about 0.5 million hectares in open ground. However, in the middle of the "vegetable wedge" every year, producers prefer those crops on which they earned well in the previous season. Recently, the climate factor has been added to the argument of profitability when choosing vegetable crops for cultivation. Dmytro Nikolaev, manager of the Ukrainian Fruit and Vegetable Business Development Project, notes: - The vegetable market has been characterized by certain trends in recent years. First, according to official data, there is a slight reduction in sown areas under vegetables. Thus, in 2021, for example, for the first time in several years there was a reduction in sown areas under onions. It is likely that this trend will continue in the next 2022. For other crops of borscht set, fluctuations in areas are expected in the range of plus or minus 1-3%, as was the case in ...
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