The Ministry of agriculture of the Russian Federation expects growth in meat and milk production in 2020
"In 2020, we expect growth in both meat and milk production. It will be small, but there will be growth", said Dmitry Patrushev, the head of the Department, during a meeting with President Vladimir Putin (a transcript of the meeting was posted on the Kremlin's website on Monday).
The Minister noted that in 2019, the production of livestock and poultry amounted to 15.2 million tons.
"This is better than in 2018," he said.
"We also achieved good results in the production of milk, we were able to get 31.3 million tons. This is also a higher result compared to last year", Patrushev said.
According to him, the food and processing industry continues to show positive dynamics. According to operational data from Rosstat, in 2019, the growth in the food industry was 4.9%, in the beverage industry - 3.1%.
Patrushev also said that about 14 million tons of vegetables were harvested in 2019.
"This is the best result in modern Russia," he said.
"We had a problem with vegetables," the President said.
"We had a small problem, it remains small, however, the dynamics is positive - and the situation is changing for the better, and crops are growing, and we will soon provide ourselves for this nomenclature, too, on our own", said the Minister. - The gross harvest of fruits and berries is also a record in 2019, it amounted to 3.5 million tons".
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