October 20 2008, 08:45

Ukraine: potato yield decreased in the Eastern regions

According to Fruit-Inform project, yield of potatoes in the Eastern regions of Ukraine decreased by 30 - 40% compared to the previous year. The main reason is cold and rainy weather during the planting period and droughts during the period of ripening. At the moment, market operators reported about increasing demand for qualitative produce, selling prices for that are declared within a range of 0.23- 0.31 euro/kg that is up almost 2 times as compared to the indices of the same date of 2007.

You can get the detailed forecast of production and prices for potatoes and other groups of fruit and vegetable produce in Ukraine and Russia during the largest conferences in the CIS: the Third International Conference "Fruit & Vegetable Business of Russia - 2008" and the Fifth International Conference "Fruits and Vegetables of Ukraine 2008".