Potato harvest in Russia to grow 7.5 million tons by 2025 and vegetables up to 5.9 million tons, says the Ministry of Agriculture

Published 2023년 1월 9일

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Russia's Ministry of Agriculture is planning to boost the country's potato and open ground vegetable harvest by 2025, reaching 7.5 million tons and 5.9 million tons respectively, thanks to a new federal project. This initiative, which has a budget of 5 billion rubles for 2023, twice the amount allocated in 2022, aims to support both large and small producers across 76 regions, with additional funding for the Far East and the Kaliningrad region. The project also includes provisions for personal subsidies for agricultural producers in 32 regions and increased funding for the creation and modernization of storage facilities.

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The Ministry of Agriculture expects an increase in the potato harvest in Russia by 2025 to the level of 7.5 million tons, open ground vegetables - up to 5.9 million tons. Among other things, the indicators will increase due to the implementation of the federal project to stimulate the production of potatoes and vegetables. This is stated in the message of the ministry. "The Ministry of Agriculture expects that the implementation of the entire range of measures will make it possible by 2025 to increase the volume of potato production in the organized sector to 7.5 million tons, open ground vegetables - up to 5.9 million tons," the report says. According to Rosstat, the potato harvest in the Russian Federation in agricultural organizations in 2022 amounted to 4.299 million tons against 4.063 million tons in 2021, the vegetable harvest - 3.842 million tons against 3.828 million tons a year earlier. About the federal project The Ministry of Agriculture recalled that the ministry is ...

Source: Kvedomosti