The potato planting area is planned to be increased in the Moscow region this year, the press service of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Moscow Region told Interfax.
“For this year, the plan for the area of potato planting is 13,26 thousand hectares. In 2017 - 12,7 thousand hectares. That is, there is an increase in planting areas, "- quoted by the press service of the Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Moscow Region Andrei Razin.
He noted that the potato harvest in the Moscow region in 2017 exceeded the planned figure by 13% and amounted to 360 thousand tons.
In 2017, the self-sufficiency of the population of the Moscow region with potatoes was 96% of the medical consumption rate, this year it is planned to bring it to 97%, he added.
Source: http://www.interfax-russia.ru