The export of this crop may be resumed with a harvest of 2 million tons The volume of rice gross harvest in the North Caucasus Federal District (NCFD) is planned to be increased almost twofold by 2030. This was stated in a presentation by Roman Nekrasov, Director of the Department of Plant Growing, Mechanization, Chemicalization, and Plant Protection of the Russian Ministry of Agriculture, presented at the Caucasian Investment Forum. "Dynamics of crop production development in the North Caucasus regions: <...> rice — 123,000 tons in 2020, <...> 172,900 tons in 2024, 323,900 tons in 2030," the presentation states. Nekrasov also reported that rice exports from Russia will be resumed when its gross harvest reaches 2 million tons. "Good export prospects. We understand that as soon as our gross harvest reaches 2 million tons — we are not far from these milestones — we will have rice exports opened," TASS quotes him as saying. Moreover, the Ministry of Agriculture has prepared a draft ...