According to the Department of Agriculture of the Tambov Region, in 2022, more than 58,3 million rubles of state support will be allocated for the development of hydromelioration in the region. At the same time, more than 53 million rubles will be allocated from the federal budget, and the regional budget will add more than 5 million rubles.
These funds will be used to build irrigation systems in the agricultural fields of the Tambov region. On irrigated lands, farmers grow vegetables, potatoes, corn, soybeans and sugar beets. Experts note that hydromelioration helps to increase soil fertility.
In 2021, the region's crop growers built irrigation systems on almost 2 hectares of agricultural land. The total area of irrigated land in the Tambov region today exceeds 50 hectares.