The delegation of the Mongolian People's Republic visited the Russian region, where they met with representatives of the regional Ministry of Agriculture. During the conversation, the head of the Department of Agriculture and Food of the Central Aimag, Nerguin Gantulga, told Krasnoyarsk Minister Ilya Vasiliev about the problems of the agricultural sector in his country.
Due to unfavorable conditions and crop disease with late blight, the republic lost part of the seed material. She will not be able to restore reserves on her own, and even in a short time.
In the Central aimak, which is a key producer of ware potatoes, it is necessary to renew 25 thousand tons of seeds. This work can take local farmers up to 5 years, so they decided to turn to Russian colleagues for help.
In total, the Mongolian side is asking Krasnoyarsk residents for about 500 tons of seed potatoes. Ilya Vasiliev said that today about 800 tons of such products are ready for sale in the region.
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