There are only two companies in Ukraine that grow organic sugar beets. These are “Ritter Bio Agro” and “Deddens Agro”. The resulting crop is processed into organic sugar, the press service of the Gnidavsky sugar factory said.
In the hands of these two farms, about 4 thousand hectares of cultivated area were concentrated. In the near future, the companies plan to expand the land bank to 10 thousand hectares.
See also:In principle, companies conduct only organic farming on the territory of the Goshchansky district of the Rivne region, although until that time organics were not taken to grow such a complex crop as sugar beet.
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In 2017, organic sugar beet was first processed by the facilities of the Gnidavsky sugar factory into environmentally friendly sugar.
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The Director General of two organic farms, Viktor Shcherbachuk, expressed confidence that they would be able to prove the possibility of growing sugar beets and obtaining high-quality sugar from it in Ukraine.
Earlier it was reported that as of March 14 of this year, there were 617 operators of organic farming in Ukraine and their number is constantly growing. So, at the end of 2018 there were only 588.
