On October 22, 2022, traditional agricultural fairs were held in the markets of Kazan. At the main fairground - in the Kazan agro-industrial park, the fair was once again organized by meliorators of Tatarstan together with the Kukmorsky district of the Republic of Tatarstan. Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan - Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan Marat Zyabbarov visited the fair and got acquainted with the range of goods presented and their prices, talked with buyers and sellers. He was accompanied by General Director of OAO Trust Company "Tatmelioratsia" Rustem Sungatullin and Director of Federal State Budgetary Institution "Tatmeliovodhoz" Mars Khismatullin. The townspeople thanked the minister, as well as land reclamators and villagers for organizing the fair, for the large selection of agricultural products and the traditionally high level of organization.
Ameliorative subdivisions of the Trust Company "Tatmelioratsia" and FGBU "Management" Tatmeliovodkhoz " annually actively participate in such fairs, offering at affordable prices products grown on irrigated lands and fish products from the local water area. This year, agricultural products were brought for sale by all divisions of the reclamation industry, offering urban residents agricultural products at affordable prices.
Agricultural fairs are traditionally in high demand among the urban population, and now their relevance is increasing. Therefore, melioration system enterprises annually participate in the organization of such fairs, bringing more than 200 vehicles of local products, together with commodity producers and large investors. It is good that an excellent harvest has been grown on the irrigated lands of the republic. So potatoes on irrigation reaches up to 600 centners / hectare, cabbage and carrots 650-700 centners / hectare.
The assortment and prices pleased the townspeople: potatoes and vegetables grown on irrigation, buckwheat, grain, fish, honey, etc. were on sale. Prices were at the level recommended by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan and lower. So, potatoes could be bought at a price of 18 rubles, cabbage - 13, onions - 22 rubles per kilogram, beets and carrots 10-15 rubles. Beef cost from 460 rubles, and poultry meat was sold at 200 rubles per kilogram. A liter of milk was sold for 40 rubles. Grain could be purchased at a price of 10 rubles / kg.
It is no coincidence that land reclamation workers and their partners in the anniversary year of the formation of the land reclamation industry received a record number of medals from the All-Russian Exhibition "Golden Autumn" - the largest agro-industrial exhibition in Russia, which was held from October 5 to 8 in Moscow.
Implemented projects, scientific achievements and developments of meliorators of Tatarstan were awarded the highest awards of the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia among hundreds of participants from all over the country.
So, four Gold medals and diplomas of the winner were awarded to the Federal State Budgetary Institution “Management “Tatmeliovodkhoz” subordinated to the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia, including in show jumping:
- "For the successful introduction of innovations in agriculture",
- "For creating the necessary conditions for efficient agricultural production on reclaimed lands",
- "For the scientific support of the innovative development of reclamation agriculture in the Republic of Tatarstan",
- "For the development and implementation of the reclamation system in LLC "Agrobiotechnopark" of the Laishevsky district of the Republic of Tatarstan.
The highest rating - the Gold Medal of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation was also awarded to JSC "Trust Company "Tatmelioratsia" for the preparation and publication of the scientific and historical "Melioration in Tatarstan 1922-2022".
Farms - partners of meliorators who grow products on irrigated lands - also received many medals.
Silver medals were awarded to:
- "Derevnya" of the Almetyevsk region of the Republic of Tatarstan for the development and implementation of the "Project of the reclamation irrigation system "Vegetable Valley";
- "Ural" of the Kukmorsky district of the Republic of Tatarstan for the development and implementation of the project "Providing our own forage base through agricultural reclamation",
- Agrofirm "Kyrlay" LLC of the Arsk region of the Republic of Tatarstan for the development of "Scientifically based agrolandscape farming system",
- LLC Agrofirma "Narmonka" of the Laishevsky district of the Republic of Tatarstan for the development of the Project for the reconstruction and construction of the irrigation system,
- LLC Vyatskiye Zori of the Yelabuga region, "For achieving high performance in the cultivation of crop products on reclaimed lands",
- FSBI "Management" Tatmeliovodkhoz "" For the development of a land management project and an agrolandscape soil protection system of agriculture in the AF "Kyrlay" of the Arsky district.
Ameliorators also organized a large-scale concert and entertainment program at the fair. Charity dinners were offered at 10 locations.
Citizens are already accustomed to fairs and look forward to them. As a reminder, agricultural fairs will be held every week until December 24 from 6.00 am to 12.00 pm.