UKRAINE AGRI STATISTICS
- February 25, 2022
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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UKRAINE AGRI STATISTICS
TOPIC: IR
Context- The escalating strife between Ukraine and Russia is expected to impact barley prices and this could affect domestic beer companies, which are already reeling under high costs of packaging material.
- Barley accounts for 30 per cent of raw material costs for United Breweries.
Concept-
- Ukraine is among the top-5 global producers of barley, accounting for 18 per cent of global barley exports in CY22.
- Malting involves soaking barley in water for 25-26 hours to allow germination, which activate certain “amylase” enzymes that convert the raw starch in the grain into fermentable sugars (glucose and maltose).
- Beer makers require barley with high carbohydrate (65-75 per cent) and lowprotein (9-11 per cent) content, as against 60-65 per cent and 12-14 per cent respectively in normal feed-grade grains.
About Barley:
- Barley is a popular cereal grain (in India also known as jau).
- Barley is the fourth most important cereal after rice, wheat and maize.
- It is used in many preparations of food after being converted into malt.
- It is used as food and fodder.
- It is primarily used in beer, feed manufacturing and food processing industries.
- More than 90% of malt production in the world happens from barley.
- Major producers of barley in the world are European Union, Russia, Ukraine, Canada, Australia, USA and Australia.
- In India, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh are major producers of barley.