Ukraine increased its vegetable harvest by 10% last year

In 2023, Ukrainian farms of all categories grew almost 8.3 million tons of vegetables, which is 10% more than the previous year (7.5 million tons). In addition, 21.3 million tons of potatoes were harvested (+2%). This is reported by AgroPortal with reference to the data of the State Statistics Service. So, the harvest of carrots amounted to 844.4 thousand tons (+12.8%), table beets - 777.7 thousand tons (+2.2%). At the same time, onion production last year was 889,000 tons, which is 9.8% more than the previous year, while the garlic harvest decreased by 1.4%, amounting to 186,400 tons. Last year, 1.58 million tons of white cabbage were produced in Ukraine (+3.3). The largest growth in this sector was recorded for Beijing cabbage, which was harvested at 6,200 tons - 125% more than a year earlier. Read also: Ukraine has incredible prospects for the development of the fruit and berry sector - Bashtannyk In 2023, tomatoes were grown in Ukraine by 33.9% more - 1.68 million tons, ...