BLACK CURRANT PRODUCTION IN UKRAINE – CURRENT STATUS AND PROSPECTS

DOI: 10.35205/0558-1125-2024-79-5-12
UDC 634.723.1:631:338.4

BLACK CURRANT (RIBES NIGRUM L.) PRODUCTION IN UKRAINE – CURRENT STATUS AND PROSPECTS

O.M. YARESHCHENKO, PhD, Senior Researcher
I.M. BABIICHUK, Post Graduate Student
Institute of Horticulture, NAAS of Ukraine, 03027, Kyiv-27, 23, Sadova st.
e-mail: yareshchenko_a@ukr.net

Ukraine is one of the key players in the global currants market, holding the second place in the ranking of the largest producers of this crop in Europe and the world. Long periods of excessively high temperatures, as one of the manifestations of climate change, are an important limiting factor in the sustainable growing. Increasing the adaptability of the assortment to less favorable climatic conditions lies in the genetics and requires the involvement of highly adaptive accessions of the Ribes gene pool. The currants market is characterized by cyclical pricing over the years, the cycle lasts about 10 years. In 2025-2026, a gradual decrease in purchase prices should be expected in the next 4-5 years with a simultaneous increase in planting areas and gross harvest. The vast majority of black currants worldwide are processed into concentrate. The "State Register of Plant Varieties Suitable for Distribution in Ukraine" includes 41 varieties including 35 of domestic breeding and 6 foreign. The largest domestic breeding centrum for currants is the Institute of Horticulture of the NAAS. In modern currants breeding, suitability for mechanical harvesting is one of the key areas. The main goal of foreign breeding programs was to create processing varieties for mechanical harvesting, domestic ones were focused to obtain versatile varieties. In Ukraine, the share of the fresh berry market is quite high - 15-20%. Increasing consumption of "superfood" is a global trend that initiated the market demand for dessert-type varieties. The new variety of the selection of the IH NAAS Chornyi Dessert best meets the requirements of this market segment. The amateur and small-scale production sector is focused on meeting its own needs and quick sales on the fresh market. At least half of the currants production in Ukraine is sold on the domestic market. The entire export volume is carried out in frozen state. The mechanization of almost all basic technological operations has been worked out and implemented on currants. The currants project is estimated at 200 thousand UAH as of 2024.
Key words: currants, Ribes nigrum, market, production, adaptability, breeding, variety

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