Mykolaiv Oblast received more than ₴200 million from the export of agricultural products in 4 months

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In the first quarter of this year, Mykolaiv Oblast earned 245 million dollars from the export of agricultural products.

The Director of the Department of Agro-Industrial Development of the Mykolaiv Oblast Olena Piskun informed about this at the briefing, NikVesti writes.

According to her, due to the blocking of the port infrastructure, in particular in the Mykolaiv region, the export potential of agricultural production has significantly decreased.

«In 2023, the export of agricultural products amounted to only 900 million US dollars, while before the war this indicator reached 2.7 billion US dollars. Also last year, Mykolaiv Oblast cooperated with 117 countries of the world,» says Olena Piskun.

Currently, the largest export is made to the countries of the European Union.

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 Mykolayiv 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. The head of the Mykolaiv Oblast noted that the farmers of the Mykolaiv region began to grow more technical crops due to blocked ports and problems with logistics.

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 Mykolayiv region, who will receive modular grain warehouses for storing their products.

In 2023, the production of agricultural products in the Mykolayiv 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.