The interest in legumes is growing during the war in Ukraine
Ukraine
Published Sep 5, 2022
Tridge summary
The war in Ukraine introduced changes to the crop rotation of farmers. During the occupation, farmers were increasingly adding legumes to their crop rotation. As a rule, the choice fell on peas - this prematurely mature crop allows obtaining crops at relatively low costs of fertilizers, seeds and plant protection products. The interest in Ukrainian legumes is growing against the background of problems with their cultivation in Canada.
Original content
Legumes are also a source of vegetable protein which is attractive from a food security point of view. That is why many Ukrainian farmers increased the yield of legumes or sowed them for the first time. Unfortunately, some agricultural producers were unable to sow peas due to the occupation. As a result, 124,000 hectares of peas were planted in Ukraine, the cultivated area as a result of hostilities amounted to 50% of last year's size. Unlike peas, only those farmers who had adequate seed supply could increase the area of chickpeas. The area of chickpeas sown is about 5.3 thousand. ha. Due to the lack of seeds, less than a thousand hectares of lentils were sown in Ukraine. As for the beans, very little has also been sown - around 40,000 hectares. The interest in Ukrainian legumes is growing against the background of problems with their cultivation in Canada. Growers in western Canada hope ...
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