Wheat, barley production increased, yield of maize and potato  decreased

Wheat, barley production increased, yield of maize and potato decreased

access_time2023-04-13 13:37:06

According to the preliminary data of 2022, production of wheat increased by 15.8 percent compared to the same period of the previous year and consisted of 157.4 thousand tons. Production of barley increased by 0.5 percent year-on-year set 58.4 thousand tons. Production of maize equaled 149.5 thousand tons, which is 35.8 percent less than in the same period of the previous year. Production of potato decreased by 15.6 percent and consisted of 198.2 thousand tons. Besides, production of vegetables equaled 127.9 thousand tons, which is 14.2 percent lower compared to 2021.


According to the preliminary data of 2022, average yield of maize and potato have been decreased compared to the previous year, besides average yield of wheat, barley and vegetables has been increased. According to the survey results, average yield of wheat consisted of 2.9 t/ha, average yield of barley – 2.4 t/ha, average yield of maize – 2.1 t/ha, average yield of potato – 11.7 t/ ha, average yield of vegetables - 11.0 t/ha, of which average yield of tomato was 12.7 t/ha, average yield of cucumber – 13.2 t/ha, average yield of onion – 7.8 t/ha, average yield of garlic – 3.7 t/ha, average yield of cabbage – 32.2 t/ha.


According to the preliminary data, in 2022 sown areas of annual crops amounted to 211.8 thousand hectares, which is equal to the figure of the same period of the previous year. However sown area of winter crops increased by 4.5% and amounted to 67.1 thousand hectares and sown areas of spring crops decreased by 2.0% and consisted of 144.7 thousand hectares. Sown area of maize took the biggest share in the sown areas of annual crops and equaled 76.9 thousand hectares. Sown area of wheat was 55.5 thousand hectares, sown area of barley – 27.2 thousand hectares, sown area of potato – 16.8 thousand hectares, sown areas of fodder crops – 13.2 thousand hectares, sown area of vegetables – 9.5 thousand hectares and sown areas of the remaining crops 14.4 thousand hectares.



According to the preliminary data, in 2022 production of pome fruit consisted of 87.9 thousand tons in the country, which is 1.9 percent higher than in the same period of the previous year. Production of stone fruit consisted of 69.7 thousand tons (5.6 percent higher), production of nuts – 42.2 thousand tons (21.7 percent lower), production of subtropical fruit – 17.3 thousand tons (25.1 percent lower) and production of citruses – 53.1 thousand tons (decreasing by 13.8 percent).


Besides this, in 2022 production of grapes increased by 3.0 percent year-on-year and equaled 279.8 thousand tons.

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