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According to the State Statistics Service, in 2015 Ukraine produced slightly more than 347 thsd tonnes of groats, a decrease of 1% compared with the indicator of 2014 (350 thsd tonnes). At the same time, some segments demonstrated significant decline of production volumes. Thus, in 2015 the production volumes of buckwheat groats decreased by 25%, and totaled 68.3 thsd tonnes, against 90.9 thsd tonnes in the previous year.

In January-June of 2016, the production volumes of agricultural commodities in Ukraine decreased by 0.3% compared with the same period in 2015 at the expense of fall of production of animal husbandry commodities, announced the State Statistics Service of Ukraine on July 15.

July 8th, 2016 Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation carried out the roundtable within the framework of All-Ukrainian project contest Agro Challenge. The event was devoted to IT innovations in agricultural sector.  The representatives of  public and international organizations (UAC, UCC, FAO, U.S.-Ukraine Business Council), agricultural holdings (Ukrlandfarming, Astrata Ukraine, Kernel Trade) and  IT companies (Intel, Ciklum, UA Technology, Skyline Software,  USP),

As of June 30, agrarians harvested 1.184 mln tonnes of grains and pulses throughout the areas of 332 thsd ha, or 4% of the plan. The average yield totaled 3.57 t/ha. At the same time, on the same date in 2015 agrarians harvested 574 thsd tonnes of grains throughout 188 thsd ha, with the yield of 3.05 t/ha, reported the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine.