The Ministry of agriculture wants to remove the import substitution out of the goals of the state program of agricultural development

Among the goals of the new version of the document is providing the population with safe agricultural products and foodstuffs, improvement of competitiveness of Russian agricultural products on domestic and foreign markets, sustainable development of rural areas, rural employment, improving its life level and qualification.

Another aim of the program is the preservation and reproduction of used for agriculture natural resources. Among the goals of the document, therefore, there will be no longer accelerated import substitution in respect of meat, milk, vegetables grown in the fields and in greenhouses, seed potatoes and fruit and berry production – this item is in the current version of the state program.

In addition, the goals of the program no longer include the provision of food independence of the Russian Federation in the parameters set by the Doctrine of food security: increase of financial stability of agricultural enterprises, ensuring epizootic well-being of the territory of the Russian Federation, and also ensuring sales and growth of marketability of agricultural products through the creation of conditions for seasonal storage and processing.

It is proposed to adjust the objectives of the state program of agricultural development. For example, it is proposed to make one of the objectives the implementation of export potential of domestic agricultural products, raw materials and food, and to remove the mention of import substitution, to which the stimulation of growth of agricultural production is directed to.

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