As of March 14 of this year, there are 617 operators of organic production in Ukraine. At the end of 2018, there were 588, said the president of the public union "Organic Ukraine" Elena Berezovskaya as part of the 3rd International Congress "Organic Ukraine 2019".
According to the certification bodies that certify organic production and trade in Ukraine, as of December 31, 2017 there were 289 thousand hectares of organic land in the country. And also the land on which processing takes place. Of these, 201 thousand hectares is an organic agricultural area, which is 0.67% of the total amount of agricultural land in Ukraine.
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The production of plant protection products permitted in organic farming is developing at a fast pace in Ukraine. In recent years, beekeeping has also been developing; more and more operators of this industry are becoming.
We recommend to read:The number of operators by type of certified organic activity is as follows: - 324 - crop production; - 167 - export and import; - 89 - processing; - 71 - trade; - 54 - harvesting wild plants; - 53 - beekeeping; - 27 - manufacture of fertilizers and plant protection products; - 16 - livestock; - 1 - aquaculture.China is interested in Ukrainian organic products Russian organic products will have a special mark US ready to negotiate the supply of Ukrainian organic wheat
