Rustam Minnikhanov: “The most important thing is to carry out harvest campaign properly”

On July 10 Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Minister of Agriculture and Food Marat Akhmetov inspected fields in Kaibitsky, Apastovsky and Kamsko-Ustinsky regions (Tatarstan). Rustam Minnikhanov also met with heads of farmsteads, investors and townships.

“We must make all efforts to procure forage, first of all. We hope for federal support. The scheme of sowing and our attitude to cultivation must be changed as well. Moreover, we should know how to work in conditions of soil moisture deficit. The main thing is to carry out harvest campaign properly. From now on, we will focus on renewal of agricultural machinery and adoption of moisture saving technologies,” Rustam Minnikhanov said.

Marat Akhmetov, in his turn, added that all necessary fields works were done to avoid problems faced in 2010. He told about the programme of agricultural machinery renewal saying that 430 mln rubles were allocated for these purposes this year, and 2 bln rubles will be provided the next year.