In the country, the area of \u200b\u200bprotected ground is decreasing every year (under greenhouses, greenhouses, etc.).. This is primarily due to the increase in the cost of energy resources and the importation of cheaper imported products into the country.. AgroPortal writes about it. ua.

“The area under glass greenhouses in Ukraine has been steadily decreasing since independence. When I started working in this industry, they called the number 600 hectares. And now under the glass, perhaps, there will not be even 200 hectares (according to the Greenhouses of Ukraine association, in the fall of 2021 there were only 170 hectares). Whereas in the Netherlands the area of \u200b\u200bclosed ground under glass is several thousand or even tens of thousands of hectares.

Accordingly, requests for seedlings for greenhouse complexes from Ukrainian customers also decreased,” said Sergey Shevchenko, director of the Kremenchug vegetable factory..

He adds that over the years there have been surges in demand for certain types of seedlings for open ground: seedlings of white cabbage, root celery, eggplant and pepper.. In the last war year, there is a situational demand for tomato seedlings.

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It was reported that in 2022 land in Ukraine has risen in price by 30%, and by 2024 it may jump in price by another 70%.