The government will increase the amount of state support for producers of potatoes and other vegetables in the Kaliningrad region and the Far East. For these regions, an increased coefficient is set for the calculation and distribution of federal subsidies. The decree on this was signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, the website of the Russian Government reports.
So, for the Far Eastern regions, such a coefficient will be equal to 2, for the Kaliningrad region - 1,2.
We are talking about the calculation of subsidies that will be allocated to farmers from 2023 as part of the new federal project "Development of vegetable and potato growing." State support is provided for agrotechnological work, for the production of potatoes and vegetables in open and protected ground - in greenhouses using additional lighting technology. The amount of the subsidy will depend on the volume of products produced.
The new federal project "Development of vegetable and potato growing" will start on January 1, 2023.