Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and Russian Minister of Agriculture Nikolay Fedorov visit Maisky greenhouse complex
6 March 2015, Friday
On March 6, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Russian Minister of Agriculture Nikolay Fedorov, Tatarstan Minister of Agriculture and Food Marat Akhmetov, Head of Zelenodolsk region Alexander Tygin visited Maisky greenhouse complex.
The complex was founded in 1974. Its total area is 42 hectares.
Director General of Maisky greenhouse complex Ilshat Ganiev said that 30.5 thousand tonnes of cucumbers and tomatoes were produced there last year.
The guests were also shown around the center for maintaining soil quality, where Ganiev stressed that only home-produced equipment is used there.
Rustam Minnikhanov and Nikolay Fedorov looked around greenhouses for growing tomatoes, cucumbers, sweet peppers, strawberry and lettuce.
It was noted that the company’s total income made 476.9 million roubles last year.
Minnikhanov called for finding new customers and increasing the production output.
On 18 May ay the CIPR conference in Nizhniy Nogorod the Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Roman Shaykhutdinov, the Rector of the Innopolis University Aleksandr Gasnikpov and the Vice-rector of the University Yevgeny Bobrov will take part at round tables session of the conference.
Experts will discuss the role of Tatarstan and Innopolis as one of the key technological centers of the country and how regional innovative platforms help to solve tasks of the whole Russian industry. A special emphasis will be placed on the digital transformation of the oil and gas sector and how large clusters and scientific and technological centers are becoming drivers of industry change.
On 16 May, speaking at a meeting in the Government House of the republic held by the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin with participation of the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the Minister of Agriculture and Food of the republic Marat Zyabbarov reported that the sowing of spring crops is in full swing in the republic with 1m 38 thousand hectares or 61 per cent of the planned have been sown.
On May 14, on the sidelines of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and Head of the Federal Service for Accreditation Dmitry Volvach signed an agreement on interaction and cooperation in the development of the halal industry.
On May 14, Prime Minister of Tajikistan Kokhir Rasulzoda, who arrived on a working visit in Kazan to take part in the events of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”, was met by Prime Minister of the republic Aleksey Pesoshin and other officials at the Kazan International Airport.