In Ukraine, hazelnut competes with wheat

Published 2024년 8월 7일

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Ukraine has seen a significant increase in the cultivation of industrial hazelnut orchards, with the area under cultivation nearly tripling from the 2019-2020 season, occupying between 5,500 to 6,000 hectares. This expansion is attributed to farmers seeking alternative crops as grain prices decline and the ongoing war impacting crop profitability. The current hazelnut plantation area surpasses that of industrial walnut orchards, which have been on a decline since the same period. The majority of these nut orchards are planted under state grant programs. The growth in hazelnut cultivation is also fueled by the country's tradition of hazelnut consumption and a positive outlook for the crop's potential for import substitution.

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Today, industrial hazelnut orchards occupy 5.5-6 thousand hectares in Ukraine, which is almost three times more than in 2019-2020. Farmers are looking for a more profitable substitute for grain that has fallen in price. Such data was shared by Makar Tereshchenko, the founder of the Hazelstar farm, in an interview with the magazine "Gardening in Ukrainian". According to the expert, currently the area under hazelnut plantations has already exceeded the area of industrial walnut orchards, which in 2019-2020 amounted to 5 thousand hectares, but have only been decreasing since then. Let us remind you that the lion's share of the orchards planted under the state grant program are nut orchards. "Against the background of the fact that the profitability of grain crops is falling due to the war, people are looking for a more profitable replacement for them, with a ...

Source: Agrotimes