Ukrainian dairy producers should change priorities
In order to preserve profitable dairy business in the current circumstances dairy producers should completely change the algorithm of milk production, consumption and exports.
Andrii Yarmak, economist of investment center of Technical Cooperation Department of FAO, says that firstly we must change the approach to milk production and to produce it according to the needs. Also, it is important to explore thoroughly the market of milk in Ukraine, its advantages and disadvantages. «Strategy of Ukraine in the dairy business should be predetermined be becoming a leading country — producer and exporter of quality dairy products».
According to the expert thought Ukrainian dairy producers still guided by Soviet standards — measure everything in stock and rejoice gross profit.
«By 2004 the former collective farms, for decades, both state not forced to cut cows! For a long time in Ukraine was producing too much milk, which brought losses alone already not very rich peasants», - says Andrii Yarmak.
Andrii Yarmak will tell more about ensuring of market transparency of milk in Ukraine and its methods of prognostication within the VIII International Dairy Congress, March 3-5, 2015 in the exhibition center «KyivExpoPlaza».