Ministry of Agrarian Policy: Meat consumption in Ukraine remains at pre-war level

Meat consumption in Ukraine under the conditions of a full-scale Russian invasion remained at a level comparable to pre-war levels of 52 kg of meat per person per year, however, there is a reorientation of demand for its cheaper types. As reported on the website of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food on Thursday, today, half of the approximately 2 million tons of total meat consumption fund is poultry, pork accounts for 37%, beef - 13%. “Today, the meat and meat products consumption fund fully meets the needs of the domestic market and has the ability to meet export demand. This is mainly due to poultry meat, ”Elena Dadus, head of the livestock and breeding department, quotes the department. There have also been changes in the structure of animal husbandry - if earlier almost half of the livestock were kept at agricultural enterprises, now the sale of livestock and poultry for slaughter has grown to 68%. According to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy, in the face of Russian ...