In 2025, Ukraine will significantly increase the area under cotton

Ukraine is planning to increase its cotton sowing area significantly by 2025 and launch support programs for cotton producers. The Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food, Vitaly Koval, announced this and revealed that the first cotton crop harvest is currently underway. Test plantations were planted in Odesa in 2024, and farmers received 110 kg of cotton seeds across more than 5 hectares. For the 2025 harvest, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy aims to expand this to 30,000 hectares and plans to implement financing programs for farmers.

In 2025, Ukraine plans to significantly expand the area of cotton sowing and launch support programs for producers of this crop. On October 23, the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Vitaly Koval announced this in his Telegram channel. As the official noted, harvesting of the first cotton crop is currently being completed in Ukraine. Test plantations were planted in Odesa in the spring of this year in 8 farms and one research site of the Ukrainian Institute of Plant Varieties Examination. These were small plots with an area of 0.2 to 0.5 ha. In total, for the 2024 harvest, farmers received 110 kg of cotton seeds, which were sown on an area of more than 5 hectares. The specified plots were sown with five varieties of cotton, which were brought to Ukraine from the USA ...