Russia: How quickly will the Stavropol region be able to replace imported sugar beet seeds

Sugar beet seeds have remained one of the most vulnerable segments of the Russian agricultural market for many years. The supply of seeds for this crop in the last 10 years has been no more than 1-3%. At the last SPIEF, the only private selection and genetic center in Russia announced the creation of a seed-growing cluster in the Stavropol Territory. It should provide up to 50% of the needs of the Russian sugar beet seed market, but it will not be possible to quickly achieve such indicators, experts say. During SPIEF, the selection and genetic center “SoyuzSemSvekla” and the Government of the Stavropol Territory entered into a cooperation agreement. The signing of the document was one of the stages of a large-scale project to create a cluster that will produce up to 50% of the needs of the Russian sugar beet seed market. The Minister of Economic Development of the Stavropol Territory, Denis Polyubin, told Expert South about this. The news that business together with scientists ...