Analysis of Production and Sales of Organic Products in Ukrainian Agricultural Enterprises

Abstract

As organic farming gains more popularity across the world, it is important to discuss the underlying trends of its development in Ukraine, who is an important agricultural producer. Organic farming may have lower environmental pressures-therefore, we seek to identify the major trends in the production and sales of the organic agricultural products in Ukraine. In this study, data on the production structure, costs, and selling prices from Ukrainian enterprises are analyzed. Conventional and organic enterprises are contrasted in order to identify the possibilities for the development of organic agriculture in Ukraine. Our results suggest that enterprises that use organic farming in Ukraine tend to produce higher output per hectare, as opposed to those engaged in conventional farming. However, labor profitability remains low in labor-intensive organic farming, especially in larger companies, and organic products remain a low percentage of Ukraine's agricultural exports. This calls for further study into the development of organic production and consumption in the domestic market, as well as the implementation of appropriate certification practices in order to ensure the growth of organic exports.

Developing organic cookies with improved consumer properties using safety management approaches

“…Fully organic raw materials were chosen to develop the recipe for the new cookies. Wheat flour, which is traditional-better taste of organic products; preservation of the natural environment in the production process; the absence of genetically modified organisms [4]. This category of people creates the initial niche of consumers of organic products, and, therefore, influences the formation of the domestic market for such products [3].…”

Еколого-Економічне Значення Сидерації Для Органічних Агроценозів Полісся

“…Додатково до зазначеного в праці [19], вважаємо за необхідне акцентувати увагу саме на цьому аспекті формування виробничої спеціалізації вітчизняних органічних господарств. У цілому погоджуючись із необхідністю нарощування експортного потенціалу органічного виробництва в Україні [27], ми за пріоритет ставили саме зазначений (внутрішній ринок) аспект. Недарма ж у Європі, з її, як уже зазначалося, потужним розвитком органічного сектора, імпорт, зокрема із третіх країн, становить біля 13,5 % ринку органічної продукції [1], а експорт, за нашими підрахунками, є в декілька разів меншим за імпорт.…”

Analysis and forecasting of Ukrainian agrarian exports to the EU countries

“…Analyzing the work of foreign scientists, we can find a certain regularity. Application of empirical-analytical approaches, for example, using elastic variables and GEASI model (Lusk et al, 2019), improved by Komer on the Cobb-Douglas approach of the Solow model (Edeme et al, 2016;Zamula et al, 2020), direct analysis of the connections between break-even and yield (Tun and Phyo, 2019), the method of comparative indicators of benefits (Seleka and Dlamini, 2020;Ostapenko et al, 2020) for the formation of export forecasts for countries with unfavorable starting conditions (which is interesting for Ukraine) (Bilan et al, 2017;Lavrysh, 2018), are changing to more complex models using linear splines, robust combination of constraints, etc. give more relevant results.…”

“…The method of studying the export of niche goods by Zhang (2020) with elastic supply, cointegration relations by Ongan and Gocer (2020) and the method of estimating the dependence of agro-exports on currency exchange rate volatility (Kandilov, 2008) also turned out to be useful. Analysis of Ukrainian exports of agricultural products to the EU using the method (Melnikov et al, 2015;Ostapenko et al, 2020;Bazaluk et al, 2020) allowed establishing the results of regulatory measures, in particular, the agreement between the EU and Ukraine, to reduce the negative effects of this factor on export earnings (by 67 %).…”