The Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation plans to increase state support for small agribusinesses.

This year, 15 billion rubles are allocated for this direction. From 2026, the Russian Ministry of Agriculture will launch a new federal project to support small agribusinesses, in which all existing government support measures will be retained and "efforts will be made" to increase them. This was announced by the Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, Oksana Lut, at a plenary session within the framework of the "Yugagro" international exhibition in Krasnodar. Reminding that this year the government support for this business amounts to 15 billion rubles, she said that these funds will not be reduced, "this protected item will be, we will strive to increase it." Funds under this item will be allocated only to farmers. "Regions will no longer be able to redistribute it to other activities, only within these farms," the minister emphasized. She also noted that small forms of farming can use almost all government support measures provided for the industry. At the same time, ...