Rustam Minnikhanov: We should get the issue of using agricultural lands under control
20 December 2014, Saturday
On December 20, at a regional meeting at Tatarstan Government House held by President of the republic Rustam Minnikhanov, Minister of Agriculture and Food Marat Akhmetov reported on measures of state control of the use of agricultural lands.
According to Akhmetov, 4.6 million hectares of lands are agricultural in the republic, of which 2.2 million hectares of lands are owned by citizens.
Rustam Minnikhanov suggested controlling the use of agricultural lands and the problem of useless land plots more actively.
“We should get this issue under control,” Minnikhanov said.
Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov took part in the meeting.
Tatarstan President's Press Office, Elena Britvina
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