During the war, entrepreneurs from Zaporizhzhia moved to Zakarpattia and opened Ukraine's most technologically advanced berry farm, where they grow strawberries and raspberries in tunnels, as well as raspberries and blueberries in open ground.
They founded a new enterprise, "VIAN 2021."
After planting strawberries in the tunnels in August using the Double Crop technology, they harvested the first crop of berries at the beginning of October of the same year. Another harvest will be obtained in the spring of the following year.
Additionally, raspberries were planted in the tunnels: the summer variety Pshekhіba and the remontant variety Enrosadіra. Autumn raspberries are already being sold for €4/kg. The raspberry harvest is ongoing and is expected to finish in December.
They also planted 5 hectares of raspberries and 5 hectares of blueberries in open ground. The rapid implementation of the project became possible due to the collaboration of professionals and the entrepreneurship of the founders. They constructed tunnels, an automatic fertigation system, and prepared beds for planting blueberries. They imported raspberry, strawberry, and blueberry seedlings from the best European nurseries.
Despite the overproduction of blueberries and raspberries in Ukraine, there is a shortage of quality berries. This year, the price of quality organic blueberries, for example at "Yagidki" in Slovakia, did not drop below 4 EUR/kg. Only small batches of blueberries were exported because the domestic market was thriving.
The enterprise "VIAN 2021" focuses on producing premium quality organic berries, primarily early and late varieties. On October 20-21, an international berry conference was held in Mukachevo, organised by "ProfAgroBud." The following day, conference participants visited the enterprise "VIAN 2021." The participants acknowledged that it is currently Ukraine's most technologically advanced berry farm.
source: agrotimes.ua