Lesson 9 The State of Food Industry in Ukraine

• Reading and speaking.

You are going to read about the state of food industry in Ukraine.

• Pre-reading task.

1). Check the meaning of these words in your dictionary.

Food fertile

Developed remarkably

Independent convenient

State crossroads

Planned-centralized trade

Market controlled routes

Located harvest

Determine grains

2).Transcribe the following plants:

Wheat, barley, maize, grains, vegetables, sugar beets, potatoes, cabbages, carrots onions, fruits.

3). Make up the sentences of your own with above given words and word combinations.(Ex.1).

• Reading

Read about food industry.

Text.

The State of Food Industry in Ukraine

Food industry in Ukraine is well developed. Ukraine became an independent state and in the result of it the industry was transferred from planned-centralized into market-controlled. Geographical factors determined the development of Ukrainian lands. 1) Ukraine is located in the zone of fertile chernozem soils, and 2) remarkably convenient geographical location on the crossroads of international trade routes. These soils give a rich harvest of these agricultural plants: grains- wheat, barley, maize; vegetables – sugar beets, potatoes, cabbages, carrots, onions and fruits.

The export-import structure between Ukraine and Russia, and other countries turned Ukraine into European “granary”.

All the regions of Ukraine are specialized in agriculture. Food industry is developed in Forest-Steppe zone (sugar), the Steppe (vegetable oils), the South (fruit canning, wine).

Ukraine provides 93% of products for its home market. The most of the enterprises are in private ownership.

What is the state of different branches of food industry?

The most developed branch of food industry is confectionery. It is the most dynamic and productive among the other directions of food industry. Highly-effective technologies are widely provided. They give the opportunity to work with acceleration, to produce the products which are highly demanded not only in Ukraine but behind the boundaries of the state ,too. Big confectionaries work here “Svitoch”, “Karl Marx” factory, ”Roshen”, “ABK” and others. They produce candies, cakes, pastries.

Sugar industry is well developed. Overproduction of sugar lead to the closing of the great number of small sugar plants and uniting them into big powerful economically profitable enterprises. They will work on a new technological facilities and use the newest energy saving technologies.

In baking industry we also observe the production of bread on the powerful big plants. For example, the baker’s plant was closed in Smila. And now the bread is brought from Vatutino for the whole region. It is more profitable in this way.

Milk processed industry produces many products for export: hard cheeses, sour cream, milk.

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• Additional Reading and Conversational Practice.

• Read the text.

• Speak about Ukrainian market and highly effective enterprises.

Ukrainian market is filled enough with different food products as domestic and foreign production too. But not all of them have a balanced chemical contents. That’s why it is very important to make safety and useful products.

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It is impossible to organize the work of a highly effective enterprise without qualified specialists. According to the new concept of the higher education of Ukraine, which corresponds to the international standards, in the frames of the professional trend “Food technologies and engineering”, the preparation of specialists and magisters of food specialities are foreseen. They had to know all about food production, where different physical, chemical and biochemical changes are taking place, to make calculation and control of technological lines, to keep to the international standards of the product quality.

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The modern enterprise must be founded on the principles and laws of the new technological processes, which foresee the full or the most important use of the raw materials, the minimal usage of energy for the producing of the product, the best exploitation of facilities, liquidation or minimal waists which pollute the soil, air and water environment, providing the necessary conditions for those, who work at the enterprise, the ability to control some technological operations and technological lines.

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Ukraine entered the World Trade Organization. To be compatible with foreign producers our enterprises must adapt their products to the Western standards.

• Comprehension check.

1). Are the sentences true(V) or false(X)?

Correct the wrong statement.

1). Food industry in Ukraine is poorly developed.

2). The seas determined the development of Ukrainian lands.

3). Ukraine is located in the zone of fertile soils.

4). Ukraine is located on the crossroads of international trade routes.

5)These soils give a poor harvest.

6). The export-import structure made Ukraine a European “granary”.

7). Food industry is developed in the South of Ukraine.

8). Ukraine provides 93% of products for the home market.

90. Milk industry is the most developed in Ukraine.

10). Confectionery industry is the most dynamic and productive.

• Speaking

1).Answer the following questions.

1). What is the state of food industry in Ukraine?

2). What geographical factors determined the development of Ukrainian lands?

3). Does Ukraine have a convenient geographical location?

4). What agricultural plants does Ukraine grow?

5). Why is Ukraine the European “granary” called?

6). Are all the regions of Ukraine specialized in agriculture?

7). What food industry is in Forest-Steppe zone developed?

8). How does Ukraine provide the home market with products?

9). What is the most developed branch of food industry in Ukraine?

10). What lead to the closing of the great number of small sugar plants?

2). Read the dialogue in pairs and compose your own.