The harvest of melons and watermelons in Mykolaiv region increased by 20% compared to last year

Watermelons in the Mykolayiv region, photo: AgroPortal

In the Mykolayiv region this year, all categories of farms collected 19.5 thousand tons of melon crops, which is 20% more than last year.

Olena Piskun, director of the department of the agro-industrial complex of the Mykolayiv OVA, reported this, Ukrinform writes.

«In Mykolaiv Oblast this year, all categories of farms collected 19,500 tons of melons and food crops, which is 20% more than last year, including 14,700 tons of watermelons,» said Olena Piskun.

According to her, for the harvest of 2024, farmers planted melon crops on an area of 2,241 hectares, of which: watermelons — 1,550 hectares, which is 20% more than in 2023, melons — 691 hectares, which is 8% more than last year's figure.

Most of the melon crops are concentrated in households — about 80%, the rest — in agricultural enterprises.

«In recent years, the share of melon crops in agricultural enterprises has increased. Melons grown on the territory of the Mykolayiv region are sold on the domestic market,» said Olena Piskun.

We will remind you that a farmer from the Kherson region moved to the Lviv region and started growing watermelons. He also plans to grow crops on sandy soils and plant melons, sweet peppers and tomatoes.