Varieties of Ural wheat and barley have become leaders in terms of crop area in Russia

Published 2024년 2월 12일

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Ural crop varieties are being cultivated across 58 regions of Russia, covering over 1.8 million hectares, with the Sverdlovsk region accounting for more than half of these grain fields. Since the start of the 21st century, Russia's agro-industrial complex has transitioned from import dependence to self-sufficiency, becoming a net exporter and nearly doubling its agricultural production. The future focus lies in the development of selection, genetics, and biotechnology. On the Day of Russian Science, scientists Nikita Zezin and Irina Shkuratova were recognized with the '300th Anniversary' medals of the Russian Academy of Sciences for their contributions to domestic science.

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Anna Kuznetsova, Minister of Agriculture and Consumer Market of the Sverdlovsk Region, said that Ural crop varieties are successfully grown on more than 1.8 million hectares in 58 regions of Russia. In the Sverdlovsk region, more than half of the grain fields are sown with local selection, and the share of wheat is more than 49%, barley - 30%, oats - approximately 70% of all fields with cereal crops. Photo: Federal State Budgetary Institution "Ural Federal Agrarian Research Center of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences". Let us remind you that the exhibition-forum “Russia” at VDNKh opened on November 4, 2023 and will continue until April 12, 2024. As part of this exhibition, the achievements of various industries are presented; the list of participants includes all 89 regions of Russia, federal ministries, corporations and public organizations. On February 9, the Day of Agriculture took place within the framework of the Forum of National Achievements. The central ...

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