Projects to increase the area under crops were considered at the regional council for attracting investments, the press service of the Administration of the Kostroma region reports. The initiatives were taken by two agricultural enterprises - LLC "Minskoye" and LLC "Kostroma Potato". In the first, in 2023, they plan to use additional areas of 60 hectares for planting potatoes. Under the growth of volumes, they also intend to reconstruct the building of a potato storage for 2 thousand tons and purchase new agricultural equipment, and then start growing their own planting material.
Representatives of the second enterprise also plan to increase the area for planting by 50 hectares. This should also result in an increase in the yield: they intend to increase the production of potatoes here to 5,7 thousand tons, and seed potatoes of high reproduction - up to 1,6 thousand tons per year.
Both presented initiatives received the approval of the regional authorities. Now, thanks to the inclusion in the register of regional investment projects, these enterprises will be able to apply for subsidies in the agricultural sector.