Association “Ukrainian Club of Agricultural Business” together with specialists from the Institute for Agricultural Development in Countries in Transition (Germany) analyzed the technical efficiency of agriculture. Donetsk region has an indicator of 0.906 with a maximum rating of 1.

For the analysis, we took into account the remuneration of labor, material resources of enterprises, expenses, manufactured products, reports the Department of Agro-Industrial Complex of the Donetsk Regional State Administration.

Today in the Donetsk region there are 408 agricultural enterprises, more than 920 farms and 79 thousand private farms.

According to the head of the APR development department of the agro-industrial complex department of the Donetsk Regional State Administration, Mary Kostits, at the beginning of 2019, in addition to powerful livestock complexes in the region, livestock farming is developing. Restore destroyed or re-create farms on the demarcation line.

“Last year, the pig farm in Yasinuvatsky district, which was destroyed by shelling, resumed operation. Now reconstruction of premises for keeping pigs for 1 thousand heads is nearing completion. Poultry production is also gradually being restored in the region, now 18 agricultural producers produce poultry products, ”said Maria Kostits.

Horticulture and crop production are also developing in the region. The performance of these sectors depends on weather conditions, since the Donetsk region is located in a risky farming zone, and farmers should make even more efforts to make a profit in these areas of agriculture.

In addition, it is noted that agricultural products of 164 agricultural enterprises of the Donetsk region are sold abroad. Last year, exports totaled $ 79 million, of which 45 million were plant products, and 14 million were finished foods. The business also sells oil, fats and livestock abroad.