The Ministry of Agriculture of Russia discussed the preliminary results of the land reclamation measures in 2021 and the rate of bringing state support funds in this area. The meeting, chaired by State Secretary - Deputy Minister of Agriculture Ivan Lebedev, was attended by the heads of regional management bodies of the agro-industrial complex and branch subordinate institutions.
As noted during the meeting, this year more than 5 billion rubles have been allocated from the federal budget to carry out reclamation measures. 66% of the annual limit envisaged by the federal budget has been brought to agricultural producers. At the same time, in 27 constituent entities, 100% of the stipulated state subsidies have already been mastered. It is expected that by the end of the year, reclamation activities will cover more than 200 thousand hectares of agricultural land, which will increase the production of agricultural products in Russia.
According to Ivan Lebedev, the sustainable development of the agro-industrial complex largely depends on the effectiveness of the work of federal institutions for land reclamation in the regions.
As a result of the meeting, the subjects were tasked with fully utilizing state support funds by the end of 2021.