Russian Minister of Agriculture: Tatarstan receives over 6.5 billion roubles for spring field works

On March 6, speaking at a meeting of the Interdepartmental Commission for considering issues related to seasonal field works and rendering prompt assistance to the agribusiness complex governing bodies of the Russian regions, Russian Minister of Agriculture Nikolai Fedorov saod that about 100 million tonnes of grain should be harvested this year by Russian agricultural firms and farmers to provide the country with food.

Opening the meeting devoted to spring field works in 2015 and vegetable-growing under cover, Nikolai Fedorov told about main figures of federal support to the agro-industrial complex. According to him, over 98.5 billion roubles have been transferred to regional directorates of the federal department for these purposes. The regional bodies have distributed ten per cent of the sum to agricultural firms.

According to Fedorov, Tatarstan has received over 6.5 billion rubles from the federal budget, of which about 7 per cent have been transferred to agricultural producers.

Russian Agriculture Minister stressed that in 2015 the amount of federal support for farmers has increased compared to the previous year.