The village of Borzhavskoye, Vinogradovskiy district, Transcarpathian region is called the tomato capital of Ukraine. Tomatoes have been grown here for 30 years.
From a bird's eye view, you can evaluate how large the area of greenhouses in this settlement. But most of all they grow tomatoes. Greenhouses in Borzhavsky appeared in the 60s of the last century, and tomatoes have been grown for three decades. The local farmers' favorite tomato variety is the Primadonna.
Whole families are engaged in growing tomatoes in Borzhavsky; this has already become a local tradition of generations. People rise to work with the first rays of the sun, but then you do not need to go anywhere to earn money from your native village.Business executive Mikhail Kostak says that they begin to sow tomato seeds for the New Year, they are harvesting at the end of March. Harvesting will continue until October. Greenhouses are equipped with drip irrigation, water is supplied from wells. The construction and equipment of one greenhouse costs the local population $ 2 thousand.
Farmers supply finished products to the markets of Lviv and Mukachev. Borzhav tomatoes are well known outside the Carpathians. Wholesalers come from Rivne, Zhytomyr, Lutsk and Volyn for vegetables, the head of the village council said. Borzhavskoye Yury Bobita.