The occupiers removed 30 tons of potatoes from the Chernigivelitkartoplya breeding farm in Sedniv, Chernihiv Region, and made another 400 tons of high-reproduction tubers unfit for planting by mixing different varieties.
This was reported by Public | Chernihiv .
In the biolaboratory of the Chernihivelitkartoplya enterprise 15 thousand sprouts of potato-free planting material were stored. The town of Sedni, where the farm is located, has been under occupation for more than a month. According to the head of the biolaboratory Gennady Gaystruk, even during this period, laboratory assistants came at their own risk and carried out grafting. And thanks to this, the company saved all the material, which was eventually propagated and planted.
However, the consequences of the occupation were not without its consequences. The varietal sowing material grown for this year’s harvest, grown last year, was confiscated by the racists because they lived in the storehouse where it was stored for almost a month.
“But we are lucky. After all, we have two warehouses – one in Sedniv, the other – in the village of Novy. Thanks to this, the varietal material was preserved, ”says Mr. Hennadiy.
In total, according to him, the occupiers exported up to 30 tons of potatoes, and 400 tons of high-quality varieties were mixed, and now these tubers can not be used for seeds, they will be handed over for starch. The company will also suffer losses due to lack of sales, as only 10% of seeds were sold – the main buyers from the south of Ukraine.
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