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Vegetable, potato and fruit harvests in Russia have increased by 11% and we have enough grain, sugar, meat, fish and vegetable oil not only to meet our own needs but also to supply ourselves abroad, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said at a government meeting on Thursday, where the results of the implementation of the state agricultural development program for 2023 were discussed.
The Prime Minister noted that logistics capacities are also growing, which can simultaneously accept hundreds of thousands of tons of these agricultural products for storage.
Mishustin also spoke about the successes in animal husbandry and cited statistics. In 2023, 49 new and reconstructed cattle farms and more than 170 dairy farms and complexes were put into operation. Not only meat production, but also raw milk processing has increased.
In his opinion, the market for products of domestic agricultural enterprises is expanding not only due to the quantity, but also due to the high quality of Russian food products.
According to the head of the Ministry of Agriculture, Oksana Lut, all the objectives of the state agricultural development programme were achieved last year. These include: the required production volumes, import substitution, exports and the growth of farmers’ wages.
These are the successes that, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, were achieved:
– Agricultural production last year increased by 10.2% compared to the base year 2020.
– Agricultural production increased by almost 15% and livestock production by 3.4%.
– Production in the food and processing industry increased by 11.6%. Production of vegetable oils, cheeses, canned fruit and vegetables, sugar, cereals and other products increased.
– increases the level of food safety. The threshold values of the doctrine are met for cereals, vegetable oil, sugar, meat and meat products and potatoes.
– the import substitution rate was 117%. The level of production of dairy products, flour and cereals, vegetable oils, seeds, vegetables and melons has increased.
– The average wage in agriculture increased by 16% and amounted to 54.6 thousand rubles. The growth rate of the industry is one of the highest among all sectors of the economy.
– Exports of agricultural products reached record levels at the end of last year, amounting to 43.5 billion dollars. Domestic products are supplied to more than 160 countries.
– Russia ranks first in the world in terms of supplies of wheat and frozen fish, and is one of the leaders in exports of sunflower and rapeseed oils. Based on the results of this season, Russia may become the leader in barley supplies for the first time.
As Oksana Lut said, the government intends to actively promote agricultural professions and build a system of personnel training from school to employer.
