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This year's potato crop in Ukraine may beat records
31.08.2011 11:08 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
A massive collection of late breeds of potatoes has started in households throughout Ukraine. According to experts with the project Agrooosvita: Vegetables and Fruits, the current crop may well become a record in the countrys history.
«This season Ukraine will have actually no ability to export potatoes to the market of the Russian Federation, where also a sharp increase in the production is expected, and potato export to the EU will be hampered by the qualitative parameters of Ukrainian products. So the only way to at least partially sell surplus potatoes on the market will be an active search for sales channel for example, in other CIS countries,» agricultural analyst Tetiana hetman believes. According to her, in mid-August the potato crop forecast was improved, under which a surplus of potatoes on the Ukrainian market will exceed a record 1 million tons. Already, the prices of potatoes are at a level that almost meets the cost of production.
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