The Governor of the Stavropol Territory held a press conference in Moscow, at which the prospects for the development of vegetable and potato growing in the region were announced.
The draft concept for the development of vegetable and potato growing is now being approved by the Ministry of Agriculture. His planning horizon is five years. During this period, the farmers of the region will have to increase the production of vegetables of the "borscht" set and bring this indicator to the medical rate of consumption.
Today the region produces more than 300 thousand tons of open field vegetables and potatoes. The implementation of a number of investment projects in this direction in the next few years will increase this figure to 650 thousand tons per year, thereby practically doubling the production of open field vegetables and potatoes.
This will make it possible in the medium term to achieve full food independence of the Stavropol Territory for vegetables and potatoes and to provide an acceptable price environment for both consumers and producers of vegetables.