Economics and Business Management

Milk production trends in Ukraine

O. Pashchenko, Olena Zharikova, O. Lymar, D. Alexandrov
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Abstract

During 2015-2023, the dairy industry faced challenges that led to a decrease in the number of cows, a decline in production, a decline in its competitiveness, and an imbalance between supply and demand in the internal market. Considering the political and economic situation, it was necessary to solve the problems of dairy production, provide the country’s population with high-quality dairy products, and increase their exports to global markets. The study was conducted using abstract and logical, statistical, and tabular methods to collect, process, and analyse information on milk production, cow numbers and their productivity, feed consumption, and the formation of market offers. The graphical method was employed to investigate the share of milk production, the distribution of self-sufficiency, the dynamics of livestock keeping, and the average annual milk yield. The study analysed milk production and examined the share of production in the structure of gross agricultural output in 2015-2023. The study analysed the balance of production and consumption, examined the distribution of Ukrainian regions by the level of milk self-sufficiency, formed a rating of regions by production per capita in 2021. The study analysed and grouped enterprises by livestock, developed a map of the number of cows in farms in 2023, and considered the average annual milk yield in 2015-2023. The study found that to improve the situation in milk production, it is necessary to comprehensively consider state support that will help increase production and create suitable economic and legal conditions for the gradual transformation of enterprises into family farms or dairy cooperatives. The article identified the main problems of milk production in Ukrainian farms, developed ways to address them, and highlighted the practical value of an integrated approach to measures that will improve the quality and competitiveness of dairy products in the domestic and foreign markets

Keywords

consumption; livestock; productivity; households; enterprise; self-sufficiency

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Pashchenko, O., Zharikova, O., Lymar, O., & Alexandrov, D. (2024). Milk production trends in Ukraine. Economics and Business Management, 15(3), 39-57. https://doi.org/10.31548/economics/3.2024.39
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