Mushroom farms are being actively closed in Ukraine

Published 2021년 10월 25일

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Since 2017, around 40 mushroom farms in Ukraine have shut down due to an oversaturated market and falling prices. The country's mushroom production is projected to reach 70,000 tons this year, up from 65,000 tons last year, but prices have dropped for the second year in a row. Maksym Yenchenko, the director of the UMDIS Mushroom Information Agency, suggests that the industry could stabilize next year, with production expected to rise to 71,000 tons. He proposes solutions such as increasing exports, stimulating domestic consumption, and cutting costs, but points out the challenges faced in exporting Ukrainian mushrooms to the European Union. Yenchenko also recommends that producers shift to preliminary contracts with retail chains to reduce their costs.

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Since 2017, about 40 mushroom farms have closed in Ukraine. The director of the UMDIS Mushroom Information Agency Maksym Yenchenko told about it. According to him, this problem is related to the oversaturation of the mushroom market, because production is rising and prices are falling. Last year, the production of cultivated mushrooms in Ukraine amounted to 65 thousand tons, and this year is projected at 70 thousand tons. However, the price of mushrooms, according to him, is 32.2 UAH / kg, which is lower than in 2018. So , mushroom prices are declining for the second year in a row: in 2019 they amounted to 35.6 UAH / kg. And in dollar terms, mushroom prices are now almost one and a half times lower than in 2013. Therefore, next year, the expert predicts a stabilization of mushroom production, which is projected at 71 thousand tons. Read: The European Union will increase the volume of sunflower processing Yenchenko named three options for action in this situation: exports (which, ...

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