The Ministry of Agriculture: by 2030, agricultural insurance should cover at least 30% of sowings

By 2030, at least 30% of the areas of agricultural crops must be insured, said the First Deputy Minister of Agriculture Elena Fastova during the conference "Agroinvestor" "Agroholdings of Russia – 2025." According to her, this is necessary for agricultural producers, as agroinsurance is risk management. Fastova also noted that as early as the 1930s, 80% of the entire sown area and 80% of all livestock were insured. According to the National Union of Agro Insurers (NSA), in 2025, 47% of the livestock and 19% of the sown areas of agricultural crops for that year's harvest were insured. According to NSA President Kornei Bizhdov, the indicator of agroinsurance penetration in animal husbandry is a guideline for crop production as well, and building effective agroinsurance is impossible without the consolidation of efforts from the state, insurance, and agricultural communities. During his report, he also reported that from January to November 2025, Russian agrarians received 8.1 ...