Next year, construction of a new irrigation system will begin in the Stavropol region. It is expected that it will allow increasing the volume of cultivation of a number of important crops for the region. The cost of the investment project is 280 million rubles.
As Governor Vladimir Vladimirov noted, the development of the reclamation complex is a priority task in the region, where the crop production industry is critically dependent on moisture. And in this case, the issue of stimulating the development of seed production will also be resolved.
Today, the area of irrigated land in the region reaches 83 thousand hectares. By the end of 2024 it is planned to increase to 100 thousand hectares.
More than 60 percent of potatoes were planted in the fields of Stavropol
In the region, potato planting was completed on an area of over 3,5 thousand hectares. This volume is 61% of the planned volume. According to the regional Minister of Agriculture Sergei...