The area of irrigated land in 2019 on the farms of the Volgograd region increased by 8 thousand hectares and in general amounted to about 60 thousand hectares.
For comparison: last year, 7 thousand hectares were irrigated. For the Volgograd region with its abundance of sun and dry weather, land reclamation is vital, therefore, since 2014, this area has become one of the key areas in the agro-industrial complex. Over the past five years, the irrigated area has almost doubled.
The region participates in a pilot federal project for the development of land reclamation. Within its framework, investors receive compensation for direct costs incurred up to 70 percent. On average, the annual financial support of farmers from the state has increased eightfold: in 2014 it left 77,4 million rubles, and this year it went up to 635,1 million rubles.
Most of the irrigation capacity is used to grow products that are in demand on the world market, such as, for example, corn. Land reclamation also allows solving problems of increasing the production of vegetable products, expanding the forage base for farm animals.
Source: https://rosng.ru/