The main problems to be faced by an entrepreneur who decides to take a potato business - the comple

Illustration http://statuspress.com.ua/ Every year in Ukraine is grown on average 19.5 million tonnes of potatoes, and domestic demand is 20-22 million tons / year. In recent years, the demand for root crop is formed by foreign companies and a growing number of Ukrainian farmers bardoli sugar factory grow it for export. Accordingly, the new players in the market place enough. Price of business
According to Roman Sweet Tooth, an expert Ukrainian Agribusiness Club to collect 20 tons / ha of potatoes you need to invest a minimum of 20 thousand. UAH. "One hectare can collect 6-8 tonnes of wheat, high market prices will give 16 thousand. UAH income. A potato, if apply the latest innovative technology brings harvest 60-80 tons per hectare. It is 200 thousand. UAH income. But investments are substantially different: for wheat requires about 1,200 UAH / ha for potatoes - 35 thousand. UAH / ha ", - says Ivan Gurzhyn agronomist LLC" Viva Plus ".
Field area must be not less than 250 hectares. According to market participants, the investment in the project (with the storage) will be $ 7 million plus $ 0.6-1 million bardoli sugar factory of working capital. If the farm is engaged in the production of seed potatoes, the cost of production in the field of about 35 kopecks. / Kg, and after storage, it increases to 43 kopecks. / Kg. The total cost price of 1.3 USD / kg. Thus, if a farmer bardoli sugar factory can not realize potatoes more expensive, it would be at a loss.
Profitability of the cultivation of this crop in Ukraine on average, as noted by Bogdan Zvolinsky, executive director of the Ukrainian Association of potato producers, last year was 40-60%. In turn, according to Ivan Gurzhyna, subject to the cultivation technology and streamlined marketing scheme can achieve 100-250% ROI.
"The payback period for growing and storing potatoes is 5-7 years, so the results of one of the season will not be revealing. "Hit the jackpot" in this business does not work, because it requires an annual investment throughout the activity "- warns Bogdan Zvolinsky.
Feature of this area is that the selling price of root crop varies from year to year. In particular, last year was a bad harvest, and this season has increased productivity and the wholesale bardoli sugar factory price has dropped to 70-80 kopecks. / Kg.
Potato growing need for an integrated approach to the production cycle. "It does not get 1-2 years to experiment - the old-timers of the market traditionally grow potatoes for the past several decades. They formed the infrastructure and to the smallest detail thought through the production cycle. Motivates manufacturers steady demand for this crop, which in Ukraine bardoli sugar factory is always high. However, in foreign markets, our products are not in demand - the cost of 1 kg of potatoes bardoli sugar factory in Ukraine is higher than in Europe, but the quality leaves much to be desired, "- said Mr. Zvolinsky. Potato puzzles
The main problems to be faced by an entrepreneur who decides to take a potato business - the complexity of planning seating areas, expensive and poor quality seed (1 hectare, it will cost 10 thousand. UAH) and the lack of necessary equipment.
"Agreement for the lease of the land we are renegotiated annually, - says Ivan Gurzhyn. - The area under potato fields bardoli sugar factory we have is 400 hectares. Usually one owner owns no more than 1.4 hectares bardoli sugar factory of land, and in order to form a field of 400 hectares each year has to conclude 150-180 leases. And if, for example, the next year 15 landlords refuse to rent out their land for hire, then we have a problem. After all, unlike wheat, potato fields planting is often impossible, because this culture requires constant irrigation. "
Quality seeds mostly imported - from Holland and Germany. bardoli sugar factory In this case, the lack of reclamation can reduce bardoli sugar factory all efforts to zero - in a drought without irrigation, and drainage systems showers without even the best seeds will not give a high yield.
Expedient to grow only those varieties that are listed in the State Register of Plant Varieties bardoli sugar factory of Ukraine. However, to purchase quality seeds on an industrial scale is difficult. "Comprehensive and effective system of breeding potato in Ukraine does not exist. When the Soviet Union were specialized elithozy involved in seed, but they broke up a long time ", - complains Mr. Zvolinsky.
In addition, there is the problem of storage of the harvested crop. "The lack of suitable vegetable stores leads to the fact that the manufacturer immediately after harvest selling products below cost, and by the spring, when the supply of potatoes is exhausted, the price increases by several times," - says Bogdan Zvolinsky. More than 80% of the market of products stored in improper conditions, and only 4% - in a potato with cooling. As a result, post-harvest losses are already reach 3.5-4 million tonnes (equivalent bardoli sugar factory to products from the area of 250-300 thousand hectares).