Current situation and prospects of potato production in Ukraine¹

Abstract

Total potato production has been maintained in Ukraine, but the share of production on private plots has recently increased from 65% to 97% and the efficiency of production has declined. Protection of the potato crop from pests has suffered particularly. Scientific institutions continue to breed new cultivars (particularly with resistance to wart and cyst nematodes), and the seed-potato production system is being maintained and improved. However, these systems were designed for large-scale production on collective and state farms and have to be adapted to the realities of private production.