This year, social institutions of the Kostroma region could purchase potatoes for planting for 5% of its value. The corresponding measure was developed by the operational headquarters for ensuring food security. portal of the State bodies of the Kostroma region.
During the sowing campaign, agricultural enterprises from the Kostroma and Susaninsky districts, which produce certified seed material, supplied more than 34 tons of potatoes for planting. 50 social institutions took advantage of the support measure. As told in the department of agro-industrial complex, mostly potatoes were purchased by rural schools for growing on personal plots.
The lost funds for the supply of seed material to the social sphere to farmers are compensated by the budget of the Kostroma region. About 1 million rubles have been allocated for these purposes. The resolution on the procedure for granting subsidies to agricultural enterprises was signed by Governor Sergei Sitnikov.
The Department of Agroindustrial Complex of the Kostroma Region will start accepting applications for reimbursement of part of the costs for the supply of seed potatoes to social institutions on August 1.