According to the state regional administrations, potato production in 2020 in Ukraine amounted to 20,7 million tons. This was announced by the head of the Department of Agriculture and Plant Growing of the Ministry of Economy Serhiy Shupik during the XI Dutch-Ukrainian Forum on Professional Potato Growing.
He noted that the following regions are the main producers of potatoes: Vinnytsia produced 1,9 million tons, Zhitomir - 1,8 million tons, Lvov - 1,6 million tons, Kiev - 1,5 million tons.
“The average yield for 2015-2020, according to the State Statistics Service, for all categories of farms was 164 c / ha, including 226 c / ha in agricultural enterprises, 163 c / ha - in households. The highest yield was recorded in the Rivne, Khmelnytsky, Zhytomyr and Poltava regions, ”says Sergei Shupik.
He also noted that in 2020, according to the regional state administrations, there is a significant drop in the yield of potatoes in Ukraine to 157 c / ha.