Oksana Lut spoke about the fulfillment of national goals in the agribusiness sector
The plenary session "Technological
Support of Food Security" was held at the RUSSIA EXPO on the Food Security
Day of the Technical Leadership Week. It was attended by Minister of
Agriculture Oksana Lut, representatives of federal agencies, science, business
and industry organizations. The participants discussed a wide range of issues
in the field of agro-industrial complex (AIC) and tasks for the near
future.
Oksana Lut spoke about the realization of a number of
national development goals of the Russian Federation, defined by Presidential
Decree No. 309 - "Sustainable and Dynamic Economy", "Technological
Leadership" and "Comfortable and Safe Environment for Life". In
particular, they provide for an increase in the volume of agricultural
production by at least 25% compared to the level of 2021, and exports - by at
least 1.5 times, ensuring technological independence in the field of food
security, improving the quality of living environment in key population
centers.
The Minister emphasized that in many areas Russia has
already achieved food self-sufficiency. Also, in recent years, the country has
made a huge leap in the development of exports of agribusiness products. Now
the industry is entering a new cycle, and one of the key tasks to achieve the
goals set by the President is to ensure technological sovereignty.
For this purpose, work is currently underway on the
national project "Technological Provision of Food Security". Its
implementation will make it possible to reduce dependence on imports in a
number of important areas.
The national project will include eight federal
projects: "Breeding and Genetic Independence of the Agro-industrial
Complex", "Provision of the AIC with Critical Enzymes, Food and Feed
Additives", "Provision of the AIC with Domestic Veterinary Medicines
and Vaccines", "Technical and Technological Independence in the
Agricultural Machinery Industry", "Technical and Technological
Independence of Livestock Breeding, Food and Processing Industry", "Technological
Independence of Plant Protection Products Production", "Domestic
Fleet for the Needs of Agro-industrial Complex and Fishery Complex", "Human
Resources and Scientific Support of AIC and FC".
The Head of the Ministry of Agriculture spoke about
the plans of work in these areas, emphasizing that our country should and has
all the opportunities to produce its own means of production, enzymes, food and
feed additives, veterinary drugs, vaccines and other types of products.
Speaking about the results of the implementation of
the state program of comprehensive development of rural areas, Oksana Lut noted
that the ongoing work allows to retain people in small settlements, create
jobs, comfortable housing, modern infrastructure. The financing of the state
program is increasing every year. At the same time, the synchronization of all
existing programs that provide for measures to develop rural areas is currently
under discussion. This will speed up the work on improving the quality of life
of people.
Oksana Lut expressed confidence that the industry will
cope with all the tasks, as it has done many times before. She thanked Russian
business, which has achieved outstanding results, and noted that Russia is a
great country in the field of agribusiness.
