Medvedev: investment in agriculture in 2016 increased by 14%

"Private money came into the industry and investment in fixed capital of agriculture increased by more than 14%. Such interest from investors, of course, appeared largely as a result of state support," - said the Prime Minister.

According to him, the results of the implementation of the state program of agricultural development for 2016 can be considered "very successful". "As we know, there has been collected a record for the last 25 years harvest of grain and leguminous, the level of import substitution significantly grew up, the doctrine of food security have already been fulfilled by 100% for many items", - said Dmitry Medvedev. Also there continue to increase the supply of agricultural products for export, agricultural production in general.

"These figures are not just statistics for one year, it is a measure of systematic work, which was carried out in all directions, including the one through the state program for technical upgrade of agricultural industry", - said the Head of government. Last year, the volume of the state program of agricultural development amounted to more than 223 billion rubles, he reminded. In addition, the access to credit became easier for farmers. Total volume of crediting exceeded 1.5 trillion rubles.

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