Kim about sowing in the Mykolaiv region: Due to problems with logistics and closed ports, farmers changed the type of crop cultivation

Farmers of the Mykolaiv region began to grow more technical crops due to blocked ports and problems with logistics.

As of April, 82% of the fields in the region have already been plowed, Vitalii Kim, the head of Mykolaiv RMA, told Ukrinform.

According to him, compared to last year, the pace of sowing has increased, despite the unstable security situation.

«A lot of mined fields. More than 82% of the fields are plowed. There are growth rates compared to 2023, then there was more than in 2022. We are recovering, but there is a change in the nature of cultures. Due to the blocked ports, there is a shift in technical cultures. We export, like everyone else, with a very poor profitability. And the main problem is due to logistics, closed ports and the lack of a good price for farmers. It is dangerous, but everyone is working,» said Vitalii Kim.

How does the agricultural sector work in the Mykolaiv region?

At the beginning of March, twelve regions in Ukraine have already started sowing spring cereals — wheat, barley, peas and oats. Among them is the Mykolaiv region.

This year, in the 2024 sowing campaign, the agrarians of the Mykolaiv region used the lands that were flooded as a result of the Russian troops undermining the Kakhovka HPP.

It should be noted that the agricultural producers of the Mykolaiv region, who suffered losses after flooding due to an explosion at the Kakhovka HPP, received compensation from the state in the amount of 1.5 billion hryvnias.

In addition, the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) selected 29 agricultural producers from the Voznesensk district of the Mykolaiv region, who will receive modular grain storage facilities for storing their products.

In 2023, the production of agricultural products in the Mykolaiv region, compared to 2022, increased by 24%.

During 2023, Mykolaiv Oblast exported 2.3 million tons of grain and leguminous crops.

In general, the losses of the agrarians of the Mykolaiv Oblast due to the full-scale war amounted to 5.5 billion dollars.