Russia: Potato harvest in the Ivanovo region increased by almost 20% in 2023

tons of potatoes, which is 19.4% more than a year earlier. This is due to an increase in the area under potato planting and the provision of state support to farmers, the press service of the regional government told TASS. “Agricultural enterprises and farms in the region have completed the harvest of potatoes. Farmers of the Ivanovo region collected 23.4 thousand tons of potatoes, which is 19.4% more than last year. The increase in the gross harvest of potatoes is associated with an increase in the area planted - by 1. 6% more than in 2022, as well as by providing producers with state support within the framework of the federal project “Development of Vegetable and Potato Growing,” the press service said. The regional government added that the total amount of subsidies paid to farmers who grow potatoes in 2023 amounted to 6.1 million rubles. The funds went to support production, elite potato seed production, and agrotechnological work. It is expected that next year the volume of ...