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The Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan informs that the use of pesticides and agrochemicals is carried out in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation "On the safe handling of pesticides and agrochemicals".

 

From June 22 to June 29, the 8th Russian Open Plowing Championship is held near the village of Goryainovka of the Republic of Mordovia. The event was organized with the support of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, the State Duma and the Council of the Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, the All-Russian political party United Russia, the Association of Peasant Farms and Agricultural Cooperatives of Russia (AKKOR). The organizers of the competition are the JSC "Rosagrolizing" and the Government of the Republic of Mordovia. The event is attended by the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan Talgat Tagirzyanov.

 

Today, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan held a meeting of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision of the Russian Federation on the basis of the activities of the service for the first half of 2019.

On June 26, Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation Maxim Uvaydov visited Kazan State Agrarian University and Kazan State Academy of Veterinary Medicine named after N.E. Bauman, where he met with the leadership of universities, representatives of the workforce and students. He was accompanied by the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food of Tatarstan Oleg Zemskov, the rector of the KSAU Ayrat Valiev, the vice-rector for educational work of the Veterinary Academy Ali Volkov and other officials.

Field work in the regions of the republic is under special control of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan. Behind the figures of daily operational reports there are originality and uniqueness of each region of Tatarstan and, most importantly, the work of thousands of people.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan every week writes about people who live in the countryside and have found their vocation in a simple, but necessary and important work. One of them is Tatyana Portnova, a mother of three children, working as a milkmaid on the Bagaevskaya farm of the Zolotaya Niva agricultural firm in Kaybitsky district.

On June 25, Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree, according to which the list of professions of rural workers eligible for a pension supplement of 25% was expanded. The document is published on the official Internet portal of legal information and has already entered into force.

The Ministry of Agriculture of Tatarstan pays great attention to the development of small forms of business. To bring information about the existing measures of state support and stimulate business activity in the countryside, there are various events being held: training seminars, practical exercises, competitions, etc.

On June 24, a meeting on the implementation of the Integrated Rural Development Program in terms of promoting rural employment under the chairmanship of Deputy Minister of Agriculture Oksana Lut was held in the form of videoconferencing.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Food of Tatarstan informs that in 2019, by the initiative of the Russian Union of Rural Youth, the All-Russian Popular Front launched a new project “Village. The territory of Development”. Its goal is to analyze the implementation of national projects in rural areas and the formation of new approaches to rural development. The objectives of the project include monitoring the implementation of national projects and government programs that affect the development of rural areas, developing proposals for improving the quality of life in rural areas and involving local people in the development of their localities.