Agrarians of the Ryazan region increased production through import substitution program, said the Governor of the region Oleg Kovalev in the process of working meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

in early 2014 due to complications of relations with the West amid the conflict in Ukraine, Russia has stepped up the process of substitution of imported products on the Russian all industries.

"Import substitution is working. First, working well at present support system of the country. Truly, the money coming to them in electronic form over the Internet. Less bureaucracy. It's very good, " said Kovalev, answering the question of Putin, whereby Farmers show such results.

according to his statement, in the Ryazan region, the volume of agricultural production compared with last year increased by 6%.

"last year we gave a plus four, currently yield 6%. And That we have not yet started harvesting grain And so on, the main volume for autumn falls, " said Kovalev, noting that, for example, at 5, 5% increase in milk production.

before the government of the Russian Federation noted that the Russian agricultural producers in terms of punishments were given additional opportunities to supply their products, allowing to increase the production of farmers in the five months of the current year 3, 3%.

in addition, according to Rosstat, the crops of grain And leguminous crops for the harvest-2015 in Russia has Increased in comparison with the previous year by 0, 7% to 47 million hectares. Also increased the sugar beet - eleven, 3%, to 1, 022 million hectares, sunflower - 1, 4%, to 6, 981 million hectares, potatoes - 0, 8%, 2, 126 million hectares, vegetables - by 1, 7% to 693 thousand hectares.

The forecast of the Ministry of agriculture on grain yield for 2015 is 100 million tons. However, as noted above, the Ministry allows for the reduction or increase of the forecast at 5 million tons, depending on weather conditions. In the past year Russia has collected one of the record harvests of grain in volume 105, 3 million tons.

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