Marat Akhmetov: the Ministry carries out systematic work to support business activity in the village
Today, in the Tyulyachinsky district, a zone seminar-meeting was held on increasing business activity of the rural population. The Chairman of the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan Farid Mukhametshin, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan, the Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan Marat Akhmetov, the Deputy Minister Rishat Khabipov, the Chairman of the Committee on Ecology, Nature Management, Agroindustry and others took part in the discussion of issues of promoting the development of small forms of management, private farms and peasant farms.
Zone meetings aimed at increasing the business activity of the villagers have been held for the tenth time, starting in 2009. The focus of the agricultural sector experts was on the factors determining the development of the village: improving the social-cultural infrastructure of the village through the implementation of National Projects and the implementation of the new state program "Integrated Development of Rural Areas 2020-2025, employment of the rural population - ensuring high profitability of rural labor, preservation in agricultural livestock and feed supply enterprises, university staff training and referral of specialists to the village.
Tyulyachinsky district was chosen for the meeting. The area is one of the most active in creating conditions for entrepreneurship. During a visit to the Tyulyachi Industrial Park, personal farmsteads, entrepreneurs and rural settlements, guests could see it themselves.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan carries out systematic work to support business activity in the countryside.
“In the production of gross agricultural products, we are going up with a 2% growth for the year, for the first half of this year its cost is 93.1 billion rubles, while the contribution of small forms exceeds 45%,” the Head of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan noted.
Marat Akhmetov expressed concern about the rural population, which over the past 20 years has declined by more than 100 thousand people, and now is only 900 thousand.
“Over the past year, we lost another 3,500 people. Only some suburban districts ply, including Pestretsi, Laishevo, Vysokaya Gora present, but this does not lead to an adequate increase in employment in rural areas, on the contrary, this number is decreasing, ”the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan added.
Marat Akhmetov noted that the Ministry is taking possible measures to increase business activity by using various mechanisms of state support.
“Every year, more than 2 billion rubles are allocated from the federal and republican budgets to support small forms. So, over 5,000 mini-farms were built in 5 years, including 241 in the current year. Thanks to grant support programs, the number of farmers in all types of livestock has doubled (with the exception of pig farming), poultry has almost tripled (from 800 thousand to 2.1 million heads). The cash proceeds from the sale of livestock products grew more than 3 times, this year we are going up with an increase of 28%. This year the competitions were held, and 135 peasant farms in the amount of 600 million rubles received grants. According to the announced projects, it is planned to increase the number of cows by 2.4 thousand, cattle for fattening - 2.8 thousand, birds - over 1.5 million heads and other animals. Additional 340 jobs will be created. Documents for the second stage are accepted until August 8, we ask the districts to be more active, ”the minister urged.
It must be added that the republican program for supporting start-up cooperatives has been running for the second year; 16 cooperatives worth 75 million rubles have been presented this year.
At the end of the event, a symbolic push of the start button launched the Agrostartup program as part of the National Grant Support Project for novice farmers. Detailed information about the program is available on the official website of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Tatarstan.