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There is not enough ground cucumber in Ukraine

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Ukraine
Published Apr 29, 2023

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The shortage of ground cucumber only worsened with the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. Small farmers and households will be able to reduce it, while making money. Stanislav Ovcharyk, a specialist in salads and green crops, open-ground cucumbers, Rijk Tsvaan Ukraine, told about this in an AgroTimes comment. "In the last 5-6 years, there was a tendency to decrease the production of ground cucumber. Demand for this […]

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The shortage of ground cucumber only worsened with the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. Small farmers and households will be able to reduce it, while making money. Stanislav Ovcharyk, a specialist in salads and green crops, open-ground cucumber, of the Ryk Tsvaan Ukraine company, told about this in an AgroTimes comment. "In the last 5-6 years, there was a tendency to decrease the production of ground cucumber. The demand for these products was higher than the supply, so the price was high. With the full-scale war, many small and several large producers of the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions fell into occupation. This further widened the gap between supply and demand. In addition, part of the households that grew cucumbers for their own consumption left the East and South of Ukraine. Some internally displaced persons cannot grow these vegetables because they do not have their own gardens," he explained. According to the specialist, the increase in cucumber cultivation on ...
Source: Agrotimes
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