Rishat Khabipov: farmers earned their respect and recognition
Today at the Ministry there was a meeting with delegates of the Tatar Congress "VIII All-Russian Assembly of Entrepreneurs of Tatar Villages". Guests were met by the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan Rishat Khabipov.
"The key task of the Ministry is to further increase the business activity of the rural population, creating a comfortable environment for small and medium-sized businesses," said the deputy minister.
“There are a lot of enterprising citizens who boldly took up the land, created their farms, whole families and sometimes even dynasties are engaged in rural business. As they say, the most effective business is one that can be sold or inherited to children. It is the children of farmers in the second, third generation who continue to work successfully in the countryside. This is an another way of living. They received the work of respect and recognition. The task is to revive them in each village, ”added Rishat Habipov.
The development of small business forms in the republic contributes to the volume of state support - more than 2 billion rubles annually. The support is based on grants to farmers and cooperatives (2018 - 878 million rubles), subsidies for private farms (2018 - 528 million rubles). There are grant programs to support novice farmers and the development of family farms.For over 7 years, 991 farms won grants for 2.1 billion rubles. In 2018, 170 grants for 562 million rubles were won.
Entrepreneurs also shared their experiences. Ilsiyar Abdulkhakova from the Atninsky District spoke about 20 years of family business experience. “We started from scratch. We spent our family savings and bought an old truck and began to transport food and basic necessities to remote villages. Today there are already 4 stores and a pastry shop with our own pastries. We work together, and children and even grandchildren help us, introducing innovations in the common business", says Ilsiyar Abdulhakova. Their family is really a good example of education by labor.
Ilfat Akhmetshin from Bashkortostan is engaged in poultry farming. By opening a business, he was pushed by the great demand for poultry products in the region. “It was very difficult to start, I let all the profits into business development, there was no support from the state at all,” he admits, “now it’s quite another thing - excellent conditions have been created for farmers, there is real government assistance. Today, his farm has 8,500 geese and 3,500 muscatel ducks.
Mintalep Minekhanov from Tukaevsky district spoke not only about his own experience, but also about the situation with the development of farms of the region in general. He thanked for their support the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan - Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan Marat Akhmetov and his deputy Rishat Khabipov. “At any time of the day, even on weekends, you can contact the Ministry about your problems,” said Mintalep Minehanov, “and get help in solving urgent issues.”