Areas under organic farming increased by 62% in two years in Ukraine

Published 2020년 11월 26일

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The article reports on the significant growth in the cultivation of organic products in Russia between 2017 and 2019, with a 62% increase in land dedicated to organic farming and a 55% rise in agricultural producers. Despite this, organic farming still occupies a minute 1.1% of the country's total agricultural land. The main regions for organic farming are Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Cherkasy, Kherson, Odesa, and Zaporizhia, with Kyiv leading in the number of producers. The government has supported this growth by introducing various regulations and procedures for the production, certification, and circulation of organic products.
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The area of land intended for growing organic products during 2017-19 increased by 62%, and the number of agricultural producers - "organic" - by 55%. This was announced by the head of the department of state policy in the field of organic production of the Ministry of Economy Valentina Zayets at the VII International Conference "Organic Processing and Trade 2020". Thus, the area of land intended for growing organic products in 2017 was 289 thousand hectares, and in 2019 - 468 thousand hectares. However, the total share of agricultural land under organic still remains insignificant - only 1.1% of the total agricultural land in the country. At the same time, the total number of producers of organic products increased by 17% (529 to 617), of which agricultural producers - by 55% (from 304 to 470). “More than 30,000 hectares are used for growing organic products in Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Cherkasy, Kherson, Odesa, and Zaporizhia regions. The leaders in the number of producers among the ...
Source: Agrotimes

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