I doubt that Russian farmers will massively rush to grow peas for export, says Igor Abakumov
Dried Common Pea
Russia
Published Feb 16, 2023
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Peas will not be the main line of Russian agricultural exports to China, Igor Abakumov, member of the General Council of the PARTY OF DELA, general director of the Krestyanskie Vedomosti media group, is sure. “For farmers, peas will not be a substitute for cereals or oilseeds in the foreseeable future. You need to understand that there is a crop rotation and other crops should be grown on each farm. The very specificity of agricultural production is such that it is inertial work.
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Peas will not be the main line of Russian agricultural exports to China, Igor Abakumov, member of the General Council of the PARTY OF DELA, general director of the Krestyanskie Vedomosti media group, is sure. “For farmers, peas will not be a substitute for cereals or oilseeds in the foreseeable future. You need to understand that there is a crop rotation and other crops should be grown on each farm. The very specificity of agricultural production is such that it is inertial work. It is very problematic to immediately sow all your fields with peas and rush to sell them to China. Therefore, I do not expect a sharp surge of interest from medium and small agribusiness,” he said. According to Igor Abakumov, people are not hastily engaged in re-profiling because of the fickle state policy in the field of agriculture. “The fact that Russia has another agricultural export product is not bad, there is a choice of what to grow. But there are no clear rules of the game in the government even ...
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