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The Vice-Premier of Republic of Tatarstan - Minister of Agriculture and Food Marat Akhmetov reported on the financial support of the upcoming spring field work today at a meeting in the Government House of Tatarstan. The meeting in the form of videoconferencing was held by the President of Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov. The meeting was attended by the Prime Minister of Tatarstan Alexey Pesoshin.

Today, the hero of our rubric is Linkova (Vasina) Klavdiya Alexandrovna. Thanks to her, record harvests of winter wheat were gathered during hungry years of the war despite weather conditions.

Today, the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food of Republic of Tatarstan Ildus Gabdrakhmanov held a meeting with agronomists, heads of agricultural holdings and farms of the republic. In Kazanselmash LLC they talked of technologies to increase the effectiveness of plant protection products and liquid fertilizers in Vysokogorsky district.

On the territory of the republic, with the support of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of Republic of Tatarstan, free training courses for junior veterinary specialists are held under the program “A comprehensive program for training livestock breeders in the provision of first veterinary care”. Anyone can take part, including farmers and villagers, leading their own farm.

In the period of preparation for spring field work, it is very important to have full-fledged financial support for the entire range of agricultural work. For agricultural enterprises that do not have enough own capital, there is a possibility of attracting of borrowed funds for seasonal field work at a preferential rate, which is not more than 5%.

In 2019, the total amount of funds provided by Ministry of Agriculture of Russia for the development of small business forms will be 15.3 billion rubles, which is almost 40% more than last year (11 billion rubles).

Today, the nineteenth congress of the Association of Farmers, Peasant Farms and Agricultural Consumer Cooperatives of Tatarstan was held at the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of Republic of Tatarstan. 177 delegates from all municipal districts of the republic participated in the congress.

On January 30, a delegation of Ministry of Agriculture and Food of Republic of Tatarstan headed by Marat Akhmetov visited the research laboratories of Kazan University to identify potential partnership projects between the university and the ministry.

On February 12-13, 2019, the First All-Russian Olympiad of Executive Directors of Agricultural Consumer Cooperatives 2019 will take place in Kazan. “The center of competence for the development of agricultural cooperation in the Republic of Tatarstan” organizes it within the framework of the annual board of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of Republic of Tatarstan.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Food of Republic of Tatarstan informs that an interregional exhibition-forum "Potato-2019" will be held from February 28 to March 1 in Chuvash Republic (Cheboksary). The event is held with the support of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation. More than 20 regions of our country will take part in it.