Russia harvested its highest potato harvest in 30 years last season

Published 2024년 1월 9일

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In 2023, potato production in the organized sector in Russia reached a record high of 8.6 million tons, representing an 18% increase from the previous year. The Bryansk, Tula, Moscow, Astrakhan, and Nizhny Novgorod regions made the greatest contribution to this record harvest. The federal project "Development of Vegetable and Potato Growing" has provided increased state support for the expansion of production in this area, with funding of 4.6 billion rubles and subsidies for both large and small farms.

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According to preliminary data from Rosstat, potato production in the organized sector in 2023 amounted to 8.6 million tons, reports the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation. This figure is 18% higher than the results of the previous year and is the highest in the last 30 years. The greatest contribution to the record potato harvest of the past season was made by farmers of the Bryansk, Tula, Moscow, Astrakhan and Nizhny Novgorod regions. According to preliminary estimates by Rosstat, the harvest of open- and protected-ground vegetables in the organized sector amounted to about 7.2 million tons. The Astrakhan, Volgograd, Moscow, Rostov, Saratov regions, Krasnodar Territory and the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria are traditional leaders in the production of open-ground vegetables in Russia. Lipetsk, Moscow, Kaluga, Volgograd regions, Krasnodar and Stavropol territories are key regions producing vegetables in protected soil. The increase in yields was facilitated by the ...

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