Chuvashia is launching a regional program to boost its hop growing industry with a budget of 8.28 billion rubles for the period 2024-2030, as announced by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture, Sergei Artamonov. The program aims to increase hop production and the development of hop products, allocating over 3.6 billion rubles for the creation of hop plantations and an additional 400 million rubles for a new plantation. This initiative is supported by the republic's socio-economic development program, extending to 2030. Currently, Chuvashia has 7 enterprises engaged in hop cultivation, with a 2023 harvest of 192 tons from 133 hectares, showing an 8.2% increase from the previous year.