Dairy industry of Ukraine in martial law

Abstract

Introduction. At present, the dairy industry of Ukraine needs to solve extremely difficult tasks, the main of which is related to the need to ensure food security of the country in the extremely difficult conditions of hostilities on the territory of the state. Problem. The dairy industry of Ukraine with the beginning of the war and the temporary occupation of the territory suffered significant losses caused by the loss of part of production capacity, the impact of inflationary processes, disruption of logistics chains. The aim of the article is to determine the current state and prospects of development of the dairy industry of Ukraine. Methods. To achieve this goal, the following methods were used: analysis of scientific publications and statistics, analysis of the market situation and generalization of the results. Results. The problems of the domestic dairy industry that need to be solved are outlined, in particular, the need to develop the raw material base; introduction of new technologies that will allow in the martial law not to reduce the level of production efficiency; correction of marketing policy; support of the export potential of the industry and its financial and credit support. Recommendations for solving these problems and the development of the industry in today’s extremely difficult conditions are given. Conclusions. It is established that the domestic dairy industry, even in conditions of war, is able to actively develop, ensuring food security of the state.

The Ukrainian milk processing enterprises export orientations development in the martial law conditions and under the migration processes influence

“…Thus, the situation that has developed in the dairy industry in connection with the destructive full-scale invasion impact requires complex and effective actions in the field of state stimulation and support, changes in the quality raw milk and products characteristics, adaptation to modern production safety standards, effective costs production control, modernization of technologies and equipment for complex milk processing and resources secondary use, increase in energy efficiency, the engineering management system implementation. All of the listed measures will contribute to strengthening the Ukrainian producers competitive positions and will be able to increase opportunities for the dairy product exports growth not only to the EU countries, but also to partner countries from the CIS, MENA and Southeast and North Asia countries [6].…”

“…Among the Ukrainian economists who considered the milk processing industry sustainable economy problems, studied the level of population dairy food products providing, production balances, exportimport trends in the dairy raw materials and milk products market, and analyzed the milk processing enterprises logistics chains, it is worth mentioning such scientists as I Komarynytskyi [5], O Moshkovska [6], V Rossokha [7]. Professor I Ippolitova [8] studies the problems dairy products competitiveness of Ukrainian producers.…”