Ministry of Agriculture: agro-state program for 2019 completed

During a government meeting, Minister of Agriculture Dmitry Patrushev reported on the implementation of the state program for the development of agriculture following the results of last year. Three of the five main goals - the agricultural production index, agricultural export growth rate, increasing the level of households' disposable resources - have been achieved. For two more (produced value added, as well as the index of the physical volume of investments in fixed assets), final statistics will be generated until the end of 2021. “According to the forecasts of the Ministry of Agriculture, when Rosstat provides the final information, these goals can also be fulfilled,” said the head of the agricultural department. The agricultural production index in all households compared to the base year 2017 in 2019 amounted to 103.8%, exceeding the planned figure by 1 pp. Including the plant growing sector, it grew by 4.5%, which is 2.2% higher than the plan, livestock farming added 2.7% ...