The Russian government approved amendments to the state program of agricultural development

Источник: The DairyNews
According to information from the website of the Cabinet of Ministers referenced by The DairyNews, the Russian government approved amendments to the state program of agricultural development till 2020. The amendments reduce the number of subprograms of the development of individual areas of agriculture and adjust funding for the state program.
Thus, according to the updated state program, its funding in 2017 will be 215.852 billion rubles, 197.958 billion - in 2018 and 194.056 billion - in 2019, 194.06 billion rubles - in 2020. The figures say that funding for the state program was reduced by 1.7 times. Earlier it was suggested to direct 1.012 trillion rubles on development of agro-industrial complex.

There was made a correction of targets for the production of agricultural products and number of other products. According to the changes, in 2017 and 2018 production of agricultural products in all categories of farms, in comparable prices to the previous year, will increase by 1.7%, in 2019 – by 1.8%, in 2020 – by 2.1%.

The grain harvest targets of the current year are 104 million tons, 106 million tons in 2018, 108 million in 2019 and 110 million in 2020. For the production of milk at farms of all categories in 2017 - 31.09 million tons, in 2018 - 31.31 million, in 2019 - 31,561 million, in 2020 - 31.9 million.

However, the document states that "at the approved volume of resources for programs there is a risk of not achieving the planned indicators (2018-2020)".

The number of valid subprograms of development of individual areas of agriculture also reduced. At the moment there are nine such subprograms:

  • technical and technological modernization,
  • managing the implementation of the state program,
  • the development of land reclamation until 2020,
  • sustainable development of rural territories until 2020,
  • development of financial and credit system of agro-industrial complex,
  • development of branches of agro-industrial complex,
  • provision of general conditions of functioning of agricultural branches,
  • stimulation of investment activity,
  • priority project "Export of agricultural products".

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