Rustam Minnikhanov takes part in meeting of Presidential Council on economic modernization and innovative development of Russia

On November 24, in village of Zhelezny, Krasnodar region, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov took part in a meeting of the Presidential Council on economic modernization and innovative development of Russia held by the Chairman of the Russian Government Dmitry Medvedev. The meeting discussed issues related to the agricultural sector of the country.

Before the meeting, participants got acquainted with the work of a dairy mega farm of the Kuban Agroholding, one of the largest farms in the Krasnodar region and Southern Federal District.

Opening the meeting, Dmitry Medvedev said that a number of meetings on promoting the agriculture have been held recently, but today's meeting of the Council is devoted to innovative development of the agriculture. "Today, we have many instances of successful innovation-based development of the industry and introduction of our own production processes. In fact, modernisation is underway of what is perhaps one of the most conservative industries, which is indicative of the fact that agriculture is developing at a good pace, and we can see the results of this work," he said.