Lately, the cluster farming agricultural model is becoming increasingly popular in Ukraine. Fellow villagers or residents of neighboring settlements combine their efforts into a farm cluster to focus on growing specific crops. Examples of such a form of farming are Utkonosivka, a tomato growing cluster in South Bessarabia, and Velyki Kopani in Tavria with cabbage farming.
Ukrainer: How a former migrant worker pulled his Ukrainian village from doom to boom
Vitaliy Karpovych was once a migrant worker in Poland, like the rest of the residents of his village. Now a once-stagnant rural area is an international exporter of produce. Photo: Ukrainer via EuroMaidan Press