Russia: Authorities refund Astrakhan farmers the cost of growing seeds of watermelons and melons

The authorities of the Astrakhan region return to the farmers of the region the costs of growing seed crops of vegetable and melon crops, as well as 80% of the costs of registering new varieties of domestic selection. Astrakhan vice-governor Oleg Knyazev announced this on his Telegram channel on Thursday. "Today, Astrakhan breeders are actively developing new popular varieties. In addition to the traditional ones, watermelons with yellow and white flesh are popular. By the way, regional support measures are in place for farmers - we reimburse the costs of growing seed crops of vegetable and melon crops, and also return 80% of the registration costs new varieties of domestic selection in the Federal State Budgetary Institution "Gossortkomissiya," Knyazev wrote. He clarified that now the collection of early watermelons has begun in the region, noting that the share of early watermelon is noticeably increasing. This, according to Knyazev, is due to the fact that active consumption ...