The administration of the Kostroma municipal district informs that this year the residents of the region will be provided with land plots for planting potatoes and vegetables.
Citizens can use the selected plots for one year for seasonal cultivation of vegetables without legal registration of land rights. The state compensates agricultural organizations and individuals who have prepared plots for planting and sowing vegetable crops for the costs of their preparation. The plots are provided free of charge.
Last year, as part of the program, residents of the region received 529 plots, in the new season it is planned to provide more than 600. An additional support measure was developed at the initiative of Governor Sergei Sitnikov in 2020, the portal reports. INFOLine.
“We have a large family, five children. Potatoes are like a second bread, you can't do without it. Last year we dug up twenty bags, we had enough until March. We have been participating in the program from the very beginning, for the third year already. It’s good that such a program has appeared,” said Marina Arkhipkina, a resident of the village of Karavaevo.
As noted in the department of agro-industrial complex, this year the municipalities are ready to provide citizens with 601 plots with a total area of more than 2,6 thousand hectares. If necessary, their number will be increased, there is land for this.
“Now municipalities are working to update the lists of those who participated in the program in previous years. Also, the Department of Labor and Social Protection is compiling a list of low-income families who are specifically offered to use this support option, ”said Andrei Plotnikov, director of the agro-industrial complex department.