On January 14, First Deputy Minister of Agriculture Dzhambulat Khatuov held a conference call with the heads of regional agrarian departments, representatives of industry unions and the scientific community, dedicated to preparing for spring field work and using domestic seed.
Jambulat Khatuov emphasized that last year significant successes were achieved in the production of a number of crops. So, a record crop of oilseeds, including sunflower and soybeans, as well as sugar beets, vegetables, greenhouses and other crops. High quality of the 2019 crop was especially noted.
According to the First Deputy Minister, along with increasing fertility, technical modernization, applying organic and mineral fertilizers to increase the production of basic crops, the Minister of Agriculture Dmitry Patrushev set the task of varietal renewal and application of domestic selection seeds when sowing for the 2020 crop.
Today, the country's needs are more than 11 million tons of agricultural seeds. Domestic varieties are undoubtedly the leaders in the most important grain crops - winter wheat (more than 90% of sowing), spring wheat (82%), rice (93%). At the same time, the situation with seeds of sugar beet, sunflower, corn and vegetable crops is more complicated. According to Dzhambulat Khatuov, Russian scientific institutions need to more actively promote their products on the market.
“I consider it necessary for the regions to show a more active position on the introduction of domestic varieties into production - this is a guarantee of the country's food security,” said the First Deputy Minister.
Having listened to the speeches of representatives of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation and agricultural science, Jambulat Khatuov pointed out the importance of discipline in the provision of operational data to the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia and added that the department will continue to hold regular conference calls on the preparation and conduct of spring field work.
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