In Kabardino-Balkaria, taking into account the 2021 harvest, the vegetable self-sufficiency ratio is 109.5%.
In other words, Kabardino-Balkaria grows enough vegetables for its own consumption, and also supplies vegetable products outside the region.
In 2021, according to the North Caucasus Statistics, the gross harvest of open and protected ground vegetables in all categories of farms amounted to about 315 thousand tons.
Tomatoes are the most grown in the republic – 165.8 thousand tons were harvested last year. In second place are cucumbers, the harvest of which in 2021 amounted to 44.3 thousand tons. For both crops, last year it was possible to increase production volumes compared to 2020: for tomatoes – by 7.6%, for cucumbers – by 4.2%.
The third position in terms of production volumes is other vegetables, which include various vegetable greens, sweet and bitter peppers, radishes, radishes, eggplants, sweet corn, etc. Similar vegetables harvested in the past year
over 29 thousand tons.
The fourth and fifth lines are occupied by green peas and any cabbage with a production of 24.3 thousand tons and 23.7 thousand tons, respectively.
This year, according to the regional administrations, vegetable crops are planned to be sown, like last year, on an area of 15.4 thousand hectares. The harvest of open and closed ground vegetables is predicted not lower than last year.
Vegetables grown in Kabardino-Balkaria are consumed by the population.
