The first car with wild strawberries with a garden weight of 20 tons from a. The smoothing of the Golopristan district of the Kherson region arrived in Belarus last week.
Minsk consumers are already enjoying the Ukrainian berry, the Ukrainian horticulture business development project (UHBDP) said on its Facebook page.
On the eve of the aggregator Igor Zhdanyuk from s. Gladkovka (FH Saperavi) received “Free Quarantine Zones” for leased land in the Golopristan District for berries and potatoes, and also entered into agreements with Belarus, the company said.
The “aggregator - small commodity producer” operating procedure is being worked out, thanks to which small producers enter their products into more profitable export markets. To date, Igor Zhdanyuk has already aggregated and shipped more than 60 tons of strawberries, and this is only the beginning.
On May 23-25 this year, several cars with new potatoes were also sent to Belarus, including potatoes, which were aggregated by Igor Zhdanyuk. Purchase from small and medium farmers started from 13 UAH / kg, on Friday fell to 12 UAH / kg.
Demand for the Ukrainian product, it is quite stable. Thanks to the joint work of a group of producers of the Kherson region and the Ukrainian project for the business development of horticulture (UHBDP), small producers of the country have the opportunity to feel the taste of export.