Russia: The development of seed production in the Krasnodar Territory

Russia

Published Nov 24, 2021

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In 2021, the grain harvest in the Kuban amounted to 15.5 million tons. Not least breeders help to harvest record yields. The Krasnodar Territory is the leading region in Russia for the production of agricultural seeds. Seeds of domestic selection in the region are sown almost 100% of the area of winter and spring grain crops, but farmers are still forced to buy imported hybrids. This year, about 120 thousand hectares of areas are provided for this crop, the regional ministry of agriculture and processing industry reported. This is 4.8% less than a year earlier, when the rice sowing area was 126 thousand hectares. In general, the Krasnodar Territory produces about 70% of all rice in the country. The region is fully self-sufficient in rice, and also sends it for export. In 2020, over 145 thousand tons of products were delivered to the neighboring countries. In 2020, the system of work of domestic breeding and seed production was radically updated. Now the leaders of the territories are responsible for ensuring the growth of the share of domestic seeds by at least 5% per year over the next five years. The heads of the research institutes shared responsibility with them, in the contracts with which, in addition to the usual creation of a variety or hybrid and its registration, the obligation to promote these varieties and hybrids to the market is spelled out.

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In 2021, the grain harvest in the Kuban amounted to 15.5 million tons. Not least breeders help to harvest record yields. The Krasnodar Territory is the leading region in Russia for the production of agricultural seeds. Almost 100% of the areas of winter and spring grain crops are sown with seeds of domestic selection in the region, but farmers are still forced to buy imported hybrids. According to the decree of the President of the Russian Federation of January 21, 2020 No. 20 "On Approval of the Doctrine of Food Security of the Russian Federation", the indicator of food security, which determines food independence, in terms of self-sufficiency in seeds of the main agricultural crops of domestic selection should be at least 75%. In this regard, the development of domestic seed production is one of the urgent and priority tasks of the agro-industrial complex of the Krasnodar Territory. The plant growing of the Krasnodar Territory has a stable consistent development, the existing ...

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