OREANDA-NEWS. May 16, 2011. In Ukraine the industrial poultry farming revived. As of January 1, 2011 all types of poultry in all categories of farmers was totaled 202.1 million head. The Minister of Agricultural Policy and Food of Ukraine Mykola Prysyazhnyuk said this during the joint working visit with President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych to Kyiv region and visit the "Complex "Agromars".

"Thanks to the cooperation of state and local farmers the industrial poultry farming for the last few years we managed to revive and meat consumption per capita - to increase. In 2010 the company produced 1224.8 thousand tones of poultry meat and total number of poultry in all categories of farms as of January 1, 2011 was totalled 202.1 million head, - Mykola Prysyazhnyuk said.

According to the Minister, the domestic production of poultry meat can not only fully meet domestic consumer market and generate substantial export potential. In recent years, export of poultry from Ukraine increased and in 2010 was amounted to 33.0 thousand tons.

"Due to considerable state support the production of poultry and attraction of investment in manufacturing Ukraine becomes less dependent on import for this type of production" - the official noted.