Vladimir Putin held a meeting on the spring sowing campaign. Key points by the President:
The Russian agribusiness has reported positive dynamics. We produce all the basic types of foods and harvested a record amount of grain, or nearly 158 million tonnes, last year.
Last year, Russia increased agricultural exports to $41.6 billion. Russia is one of the largest agricultural suppliers in the world.
The spring sowing campaign is proceeding on schedule. The key task is to meet the farmers’ demand for seeds, crop protection agents, mineral fertilisers, equipment, fuel and lubricants.
Agricultural producers in Donbass and Novorossiya must have access to all the necessary state support instruments, including preferential loans, subsidies, prepaid expenses, assisted processing and storage infrastructure development, and stable product marketing.
We must develop agriculture as a high-tech industry.
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