Place of sugar beet in agriculture of Ukraine and countries of the World

Abstract

The article offers a survey on the current attitude to sugar beet in the world and in post-Soviet countries. The production goal of sugar beet growing is the production of sugar, and the use of this crop as a very useful feed for livestock due to the many nutrients that sugar beet contains. This suggests that growing sugar beets may be of interest not only to farmers, but also to entrepreneurs who want to find a lucrative business in the field of agriculture. This will help technology of cultivation of this culture, strict observance of which guarantees good harvests every year with maximum return on investment. In the early 90's, the sugar industry of Ukraine had a huge production potential, like, indeed, the entire food industry. In Ukraine there were 190 large sugar factories, which produced 12.8% of the world sugar production from sugar beet, while consuming more than 40 million tons of this raw material annually. But over the years the situation in the industry has deteriorated and to this day is in a very difficult situation. The production of sugar beet in Ukraine occupies one of the leading positions in the field of growing agricultural crops. Despite the fact that statistics of recent years indicates a slight reduction in both acreage on which sugar beets are grown and gross collections of this crop, the beet yield continues to grow from year to year.