Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan is ready to support agricultural production of organic products
Today, under the chairmanship of the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan Ildus Gabdrakhmanov, a meeting (in the videoconference mode) on organic production was held. The event was attended by Sergei Gogin, head of the “RSMC “ Test Tatarstan”, as well as representatives of the UMC “Organika ”, Kazan State Academy of Veterinary Medicine named after N.E. Bauman, the branch of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "Rosselkhoztsentr" in the Republic of Tatarstan, agricultural producers of the regions of the republic and others.
The meeting was opened by Sergey Gogin, head of the "RSMC" Test of Tatarstan.
“As of today, 5 applications are in process. Among them there are "Sparta NR", "Iskhakova R.Sh.", "Maslakov DG", "Gafiullin R.N." and OOO Argo. Documents have been submitted for verification. Applications for product certification are also received. We ask you to get involved in the work of livestock enterprises and processing, ”said Sergei Gogin.
During the meeting, agricultural producers discussed issues of interest in a live dialogue format.
At the end of the event, Ildus Gabrakhmanov noted that the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan is ready to support all agricultural producers in the transition to organic production.
"Those agricultural producers who plan to start production this year must determine the area where organic products will be grown by April 10 and apply for registration to the RSMC Test of Tatarstan JSC," the deputy minister said.
Recall that to support them, a draft procedure has been developed for granting subsidies to agricultural producers from the budget of the Republic of Tatarstan for the development of organic production in terms of compensating for the lost harvest on agricultural lands that are in a transitional period of organic production or that have passed the primary certification of organic production. From 2021, 10 million rubles are provided for that.
Agricultural producers wishing to produce certified organic products can consult the hotline of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Tatarstan 8-800-444-16-70, the training and methodological center "Organika" at the "Tatar Institute for Retraining of Agribusiness Personnel" 8 (843) 277-58-16 or in JSC “RSMC“ Test-Tatarstan by calling 8 (843) 295-42-24.