Over the past few years, the market for growing berry crops has grown significantly, three trends have become the drivers for this: vegetarianism, organic food and healthy eating. There is a noticeable trend in the global market for the transition of berry cultivation from open to closed ground. This allows you to get berries throughout the year and of higher quality.

The advantages of growing berry crops in a greenhouse way:

• high profitability (revenue from 1 ha can reach up to 5 million rubles)
• in the open ground, the fruiting of berries occurs in the spring and summer period, in greenhouse conditions - all year round
• the profitability of products can exceed 100% (seasonality)

• a high proportion of imported products

   

The most popular berry for growing in greenhouses both in Russia and in the world is garden strawberries (strawberries). Its share is about 70% of the total production. Recently, the import of strawberries to the Russian market amounts to 35-50 thousand tons per year. Of this volume, approximately 7-10 thousand tons are imported in the period from November to March, when local production in Russia is possible only in conditions of protected soil.

The total commercial production of this berry in Russia from farmers and agricultural producers does not exceed 8-10 thousand tons per year

Investment volume: 28 million rubles/ha

Payback period: 6 years