Russian: Over the last five years, 1.5 thousand hectares of nut orchards have been planted in Crimea thanks to state support

This year, the state subsidized the planting of young perennial walnut, almond and hazelnut orchards on more than 370 hectares. This was announced by the Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Crimea Andrei Savchuk. “The area of walnut orchards in Crimea is gradually increasing. Now it occupies more than two thousand hectares. On a fourth of this area the trees are already bearing fruit. The state provides state support in this area too. Of these 2 thousand hectares of nut orchards, 1.5 thousand hectares were planted thanks to this kind of government assistance. This year, for example, 16 of our horticultural enterprises received more than 36 million rubles for planting 376 hectares of perennial gardens of walnuts, hazelnuts and almonds,” commented the head of the Ministry of Agriculture of Crimea. Andrey Savchuk also said that the republic’s agricultural producers plan to harvest almonds, walnuts ...