The Russian Federation has provided itself with fruit and berries in 2014 for not more than thirty percent

MOSCOW, 19 Mar RIA Novosti/Prime. Russia, 7 months ago who introduced the food embargo, were able in 2014 to supply themselves with fruits and berries no more than thirty percent of the demand, it follows from the materials of the Ministry of agriculture of the Russian Federation to the conference on preparations for the spring sowing campaign in the North Caucasus Federal district. Agriculture Minister Nikolai Fyodorov on the last working day of the week to visit Karachay-Cherkessia on a working visit. The EU and US in connection with the situation around Ukraine in 2014 introduced penalties against Russia. In response, Russia restricted imports of food, among them fruit production, from the USA, EU, Canada, Australia and Norway. "For the residents of the country's national fruit products recommended by the medical norm (75 kilograms per person per year in fresh form, excluding grapes) ought to produce 10, 7-11 million tons of fruits and berries. On inaccurate data of Rosstat, in 2014, the gross yield of fruit and berries in Russia