About 1,3 million tons of grain, 40 thousand tons of open ground vegetables, 405 thousand tons of potatoes, 14 thousand tons of oilseeds, about 3 thousand tons of flax fiber and hemp fiber are planned to be produced in the Nizhny Novgorod region in 2023. Such a task was set for the agrarians of the region in accordance with the State program "Development of the agro-industrial complex of the Nizhny Novgorod region".
Nikolai Denisov, Minister of Agriculture of the Nizhny Novgorod Region, stated this during an Internet conference organized on the website of the NIA Nizhny Novgorod. Sowing work will take place on the territory of 48 municipalities of the region.