The head of the Russian Ministry of Agriculture assessed the potential of soybean production

Published 2024년 8월 14일

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Russian Agriculture Minister Oksana Lut visited the All-Russian Research Institute of Soybeans in the Amur Region, a leading breeding and seed production center, to discuss ways to increase soybean production volumes. The institute, which has developed over 95 varieties of soybeans, accounts for about 15% of Russia's soybean seed production and over 40% in the Far East. The institute is also working on increasing the resistance of varieties to flooding and waterlogging, and exploring the possibility of using soybeans as a vegetable crop. The federal government has introduced a prohibitive duty on the export of raw soybeans, encouraging processing and the construction of new facilities in the Amur Region.

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On August 13, Russian Agriculture Minister Oksana Lut, during her visit to the Amur Region, got acquainted with the work of one of the leading breeding and seed production centers in the country – the All-Russian Research Institute of Soybeans. The Institute has been conducting research on breeding and primary seed production for 97 years, and is also developing modern methods and technologies that ensure an increase in the yield and efficiency of soybean production. The breeders of the Research Institute obtained the first domestic varieties of this crop and annually develop new ones adapted to the climatic features of various regions of the country. In total, the All-Russian Research Institute of Soybeans has already created more than 95 varieties of soybeans, of which 34 are included in the State Register. In the all-Russian volume of soybean seed production, the share of varieties bred by the Research Institute accounts for about 15%, and in the Far East – more than 40%. ...

Source: Oilworld