Export and recreational potential of heliceculture as a branch of livestock farming in Ukraine

doi:10.26565/2076-1333-2024-36-04

Anzhela Shukanova Poltava V.G. Korolenko National Pedagogical University, Poltava, 2, Ostrogradski Street, 36000, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9520-713X
Pavlo Shukanov Poltava V.G. Korolenko National Pedagogical University, Poltava, 2, Ostrogradski Street, 36000, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7973-3973
Yevhenii Kopylets Poltava V.G. Korolenko National Pedagogical University, Poltava, 2, Ostrogradski Street, 36000, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3234-4126

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26565/2076-1333-2024-36-04

Keywords: heliceculture (snail farming), shellfish export, gastrotourism, recreational activities

Abstract

The peculiarities of the geography of breeding, export and recreational potential of heliceculture as a branch of livestock farming in Ukraine under the current conditions of martial law are analyzed in the article. The types of recreational activities of snail farms as an additional type of activity are identified. It is proved that despite the reduction in the number of snail farms as a result of the coronavirus crisis and the war, the export potential of the heliceculture has increased due to favorable price conditions and simplification of the procedure for entering the European market. The seasonality of agricultural and recreational activities of snail farms is characterized, and two seasonal peaks of snail exports from Ukraine are determined – May-July and September.

It is found that heliceculture in Ukraine is a new direction of agrarian business in the last decade. Since 2020, heliceculture has had the status of a full-value agricultural sector in Ukraine with the positive dynamics of growth in production volumes and exports, which in 2023 reached $5.2 million in monetary equivalent. In terms of geographical distribution, almost all (over 90%) of Ukrainian exports of land shellfish are sent to 3 European countries - Lithuania, Spain and Poland, and since 2024, sales to Georgia have been arranged. Snail farms are located in every region of Ukraine (except for the occupied territories), with an increase in rearing volumes in Kyiv, Dnipro and Odesa regions.

Recreational activities on snail farms can be classified as recreational and educational, suburban, seasonal, short-term, and intended for all age groups of tourists. Excursion tours to the farm and gastro-tourism in combination with the restaurant business contribute to the growing popularity of snails among Ukrainian consumers, diversify the incomes of snail farms and maintain their profitability in the face of challenges associated with the unstable economic and political situation in Ukraine.

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Author Biographies

Anzhela Shukanova, Poltava V.G. Korolenko National Pedagogical University, Poltava, 2, Ostrogradski Street, 36000, Ukraine

PhD (Pedagogical sciences), Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Methodology of Teaching and Tourism

Pavlo Shukanov, Poltava V.G. Korolenko National Pedagogical University, Poltava, 2, Ostrogradski Street, 36000, Ukraine

DS (Geography), Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Methodology of Teaching and Tourism

Yevhenii Kopylets, Poltava V.G. Korolenko National Pedagogical University, Poltava, 2, Ostrogradski Street, 36000, Ukraine

PhD (Pedagogical sciences), Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Methodology of Teaching and Tourism

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