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Ministry of Agrarian Policy: 2007 sunflower sown areas will exceed 3 mn ha
04.04.2007 12:10 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
Ministry of Agrarian Policy forecasts this year sunflower sown areas will be over 3 mn ha, reported Yuriy Luzan, Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy.
«Sown areas are forecasted to total about 3 mn ha,» declared Luzan.
Luzan said he doubted that agricultural producers would follow Ministry of Agrarian Policy advice as for sunflower optimal sown areas sizes.
«This year sown areas are most probable to remain as large as within previous years,» admitted Deputy Minister.
As earlier reported Agro Perspective referring to State Statistic Committee data, in 2006 agrarians had harvested 5,324.300 MT sunseeds at 3,911.700 ha.
As to Agro Perspective, Ministry of Agrarian Policy hopes country sunseeds yearly production will sink to 3.2 mn MT until 2015.
Ministry experts believe sunseeds production rates lowering can be assured by sunflower sown areas shortening (stimulated by administrative restrictions) down to ecologically safe level.
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