The head of the Energy Committee of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, Pavel Zavalny, said that legislators may come up with a proposal to provide additional subsidies for the agricultural sector. We are talking about the amount of 12-14 billion rubles, which will be allocated by the state as compensation for rising costs associated with rising fuel prices.
This issue is still under discussion, but the deputy believes that a positive decision will be made on it. This will help prevent “bad” economics for agriculture, he said.
The rapid rise in fuel prices has seriously hit the agricultural business in the midst of harvesting work. As Roman Nekrasov, head of the crop production department of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, noted, from the beginning of August until September 21, a ton of diesel fuel increased in price by 25 thousand rubles. By October the situation began to stabilize, but prices were not falling as quickly as expected.
Farmers of the Krasnoyarsk Territory will receive over 51 million rubles for the production of potatoes and vegetables
Agricultural producers in the region will be able, through government support, to cover part of their costs for elite seed production, increase the volume of production of potatoes and open-air vegetables...