Agriculture Reference
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By the foretold forecast by the year of 2020, the signifi cant growth of agricultural
production in Ukraine is creating favorable conditions for the renewable energy devel-
opment, in particular for the increase of biofuel production [22]. Also, the steady fuel
price increase promotes fuel production and use in Ukraine.
In order to ensure the predicted volumes of bioethanol production in Ukraine, it is
necessary to stimulate the producers to do the renewal of fi xed assets for both sugar
beet and sugar and bioethanol production. The best option is the construction of the
combined workshops at sugar and ethanol factories, which will produce bioethanol
from sugar beet byproducts in the season of sugar beet harvesting, and in the off-
season—from the waste of grain of headed crops or corn.
The solution for these issues requires the development of a national comprehen-
sive program for sugar industry enhancement in Ukraine, which will take into account
world tendencies as to the use of sugar beet produce for bioethanol manufacture as an
alternative fuel.
22.4 CONCLUSIONS
Sugar beet high yields are most likely produced by the application of intensive
technologies with the use of all agrobiological cultivation practices together with
their high-quality performance in optimal terms. In Ukraine, sugar beet produc-
tion has to be concentrated in the most favorable areas for sugar beet cultivation,
where soil and climatic conditions guarantee high indicators of root productivity
and quality.
The bioethanol production and use, in particular from the byproducts of sugar beet
processing, will allow to establish the production of environmentally clean alternative
fuel, create new jobs, increase the profi ts of the enterprises, reduce the dependence
of Ukraine on imported fuel, and develop new markets for the products of sugar beet
manufacture. Producing bioethanol from molasses can meet the demand for this prod-
uct at a lower price and improve the competitiveness of the enterprises of sugar beet
industry as well. The solution for these issues will increase the competitiveness of the
produce manufactured by businesses of AIC (agroindustrial complex) of Ukraine both
in domestic and foreign markets.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The author expresses his gratitude for the help in preparing materials to National
Association of Sugar Producers of Ukraine “Ukrtsukor” and personally to Mykola
Yarchuk, Petro Borysiuk, and Mykola Kalinichenko. Special thanks goes to Vitaliy
Sosnitskyi for consultation and help on the issues of innovative technologies of etha-
nol industry. Sincere words of gratitude are for his scientific advisor, Prof. Maria
Kodenska.
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