In order to study the course of the sowing campaign, the First Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Dagestan Sharip Sharipov visited the Khasavyurt region.
In particular, he got acquainted with the process of planting potatoes in the village of Kokrek, which has always been famous for its traditions of growing potatoes. As the head of the farm Gasan Magomedov said, this year he intends to plant ultra-early potatoes on 50 hectares, and another 40 hectares will be allocated for the cultivation of vegetables.
According to Nurula Murtazaliev, deputy head of the Khasavyurt district, in general, spring sowing is to be carried out in the district on an area of more than 33 hectares. Of these, potatoes will amount to about 1600 hectares, mostly plantings are located in personal subsidiary plots of the population. Also, about 3 thousand hectares will be allocated for sowing vegetables.
Commenting on what he saw, Sharip Sharipov noted that the competitive advantage of Dagestan is early agricultural products. Today we are planting extra-early potatoes, which will be harvested in early May, at a time when many other regions are just starting to enter the fields. Dagestan potatoes and other vegetable products will be supplied to the markets of our country by the beginning of summer. Thus, Dagestan is actively involved in solving the problems of import substitution. The agricultural sector of Dagestan receives good support from the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation. In particular, this year a federal project was launched to stimulate the development of vegetable and potato growing. It is also noteworthy that for the first time personal subsidiary farms are included in the orbit of state support. This is very important for Dagestan, where many household plots are planting potatoes.
This year in Dagestan, the sowing campaign will be carried out on an area of 225 hectares, of which almost 2500 hectares have already been sown (mainly with perennial grasses, spring barley and vegetables). The preparation of equipment and seeds in the main areas for the placement of spring crops is almost completed.
The Ministry, together with the district agricultural departments and the farmers themselves, has built a system for monitoring the progress of work, bottlenecks are identified at the first signal, and a prompt search for a solution is carried out.
“The well-coordinated arrangement of field work is also facilitated by the growing technical potential of agricultural enterprises. At the end of 2022, our farmers purchased agricultural equipment for 668 million rubles, which is 22% more than in 2021. This is also a real step to support local farmers. In the supply of equipment, an important place is occupied by cooperation with Rosagroleasing within the framework of the agreement concluded by the Head of the Republic of Dagestan with the management of this company. We expect to complete the sowing campaign in the optimal agrotechnical terms and fulfill our obligations to the Federal Ministry of Agriculture,” said the First Deputy Minister.