Engineering, Energy, Transport AIC

Ludmila SHVETS – Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Engineering and Technical Service Vinnytsia National Agrarian University (St. Soniachna, 3, Vinnytsia, Ukraine, 21008, e-mail: shlv0505@i.ua, https://orcid.org/0009-0000-7078-9420).
Dmytro KOMARIVSKYI – Researcher in the Ivan Kozhedub Kharkiv National Air Force University (Sumska St., 77/79, Kharkiv, Ukraine, 61023, e-mail: prcom_hups@ukr.net, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4364-0126).

Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is one of the leading vegetable crops in Ukraine, with a cultivation area of about 85 thousand hectares. The main growing regions are the steppe zone and Polissya. However, in the context of the transformation of agricultural production caused by military operations, the expansion of tomato areas in the Forest-Steppe zone, particularly in Vinnytsia region, is becoming increasingly important. The Agronomical Research Farm of Vinnytsia National Agrarian University is a promising platform for scientific support of such agricultural technologies.
The nutritional and industrial value of tomatoes is due to their high content of dry matter (2,5 – 7%), sugars (1,5 – 4%), vitamin C (20 – 35 mg%), organic acids and mineral salts. The fruits are widely used fresh and for processing, accounting for about two-thirds of the vegetable raw materials for the canning industry.
In order to improve the efficiency of tall-stemmed tomato cultivation in the Forest-Steppe region, we have developed a cultivator-plant feeder that provides simultaneous performance of technological operations: loosening row spacing, weed control and application of mineral fertilisers to the root zone. Such agrotechnical integration helps to improve the water and air regime of the soil, reduce compaction, and optimise plant nutrition, which ultimately has a positive impact on fruit yields and quality.
The preliminary results of the research conducted at the Agronomic Research Group of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine indicate that it is advisable to introduce this unit into production practice. Its use allows to optimise agricultural technologies for growing tomatoes in the face of climate change and agro-social circumstances typical for the modern agricultural sector of Ukraine.

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